In what came to be known as “Black Sunday,” one of the
most devastating storms of the 1930s Dust Bowl era
swiped across the region on April 14, 1935.
High winds kicked up clouds of millions of tons of dirt and
dust so dense and dark that some eyewitnesses believed
the world was coming to an end.
The storm caused immense economic and agricultural
damage. It is estimated that 300 thousand tons of topsoil
were displaced from the prairie area
