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The worst hard time6/20/2023 ![]() The plains air had indeed cured her respiratory problem. ![]() Jeanne Clark’s mother, Louise Walton, was a former Broadway dancer who arrived as a “lunger”-one of the many migrants who went to the Southern Plains to take advantage of the clean, dry air. He soon found a house to rent and work as a sharecropper. He saw a young but bustling town and decided to be a part of it. They were on their way south to a town near Amarillo, when Bam White walked to take a look at the nearby town. One of his father’s horses had died near Dalhart, Texas. The Southern Plains drew many poor people, some of them outcasts in many places-poor white Southerners and Mexicans, for example-who looked to the Southern Plains as their only chance to own property. Ike Osteen’s family were among the first nesters in Baca County, Colorado, where Ike has resided for his entire life. Their stories also reveal the history of the Southern Plains. ![]() The Worst Hard Time retells the story of the Dust Bowl through the memories and family histories of some of its surviving witnesses, particularly Isaac “Ike” Osteen, Melt White, and Jeanne Clark. ![]()
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