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<br />DROUGHT from Page 1E' ..~ ".' ~/~y}a~lylivedm a: h~~~ wlth/present~d.~thfNah?rial'.WeStern's
<br />. . '.' :.' .,'t: t.;'.,.', . :r\'; ..a dirt .floor and no electricitY. We. .,1999 "Citizen :df the west". award
<br />cllidingUle)MidwCst';'<'bread bas~~' '~had:nogas'for!the car, .IffeOPle ""last WeeL~,(,~~;":,,,;~:';;::;i~/::,;{.::'.(:."
<br />ket,U,du~ the.. last .7.00 .y.ears. .;...~.; ;\'le.r~n't :~a.l,i~g and 'ou~-9. w.' ork l(i~'~'DUri~g.i.drishtorins;:ears had.
<br />. The first .of. thos.e mega~oughts, . ..men. were nding the ra~.; , box ...;:their headlights !)ri 41 Ule middle of ..
<br />in the f.200s. lSwIdely be~eved lo;,cars.)~ut ~ere ,was no .wor . .any-.; ..the day: 'Kans~s:~~i. Oklahoma
<br />'haye wiped out the.A?asaZl culture <':'w.here m a part of the coun,~ '~at ":-,were worse~ but itwas pretty tem-
<br />around Mesa Verde and elsewhere ,:co~ld J~d half~e world. J ,,/. ,F~' ble in. .Colorado :with no water. '
<br />in the FoUr Corners region..' . .:>:..,..<";t"Not ,manypeopletoda~ can That's .'Yhywe ;n:eeded .the Big
<br />. -Both Wpodhouse. and Boerling :'even 'imagiriewhaUl.-w.as 'like in Thompson project," .added Farr,
<br />.s'<ild recent yeariihave seen reviv- 1..1936,"..said Yowig, .whOse;aroken-who.was a prime mover behind the
<br />ied scientific futerest in a.formerly '. Lance'cattl.e.operation todaY'spans . .:tunnel project that in ~e late 1930s.
<br />discred!ted ;','suospOt ~~ry..that : ,'500 ,acres in south Kansas and Mis- ;. tiegan 'diverting water from the
<br />, linkeds~ns'pot;'acb~lt~, . and (;:sour~., "~lJt 'I"~U coul~n't ;-blame ~':Wes~ern Slope to the Front Range,
<br />'c~anges- ID 'sola,r'r~dIi1t}O~, to. ',Jarmersand"ranchersthel!lThey ;i!>'- '...... . .,..), .
<br />we~th,e:;..and agncul,tU:fll~c;yc~.~s\< :.\Vere .uned.}~~~~~.and had pp .idea~i~Qu~st~on of survl~al . .' . ;
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<br />\~~~{'~f~~i~;r~W.:"~2~~~;:~~~;~~a~~~al; \.;. i>~~ those "~ust"BoW( years,"\
<br />...:'."Y'.., h.en. . ;,a.gn.'~u1t~e"p.I.!l yed... .}.I..~b.l.J g.~H..,.~{. h..o.l~.~~~.e.:...~~ll down .:wlth W. n tour........1t ~asn.. t a,uest.lon of making.. . anr"
<br />{;;role'in:worldecohonues"'.~1;~,;,',~';:,1;t':~';Dlowmg and $helteribelts'.1i .' m~ney. .,but <<;If sunply s,urvlvmg, .
<br />".~'" .... ',','>.;' .. : . .;;" ..;-.;{.;",.~!;, -)<'~t)1~';lj:'M3-l if; ~":'~";:ii.,.>:;~.;,. (( .' ~;;;.~. .: said Stock Show PresIdent Pat
<br />~~Yivid memories \;'.:{~,t.,'~'~:\;:;~~V~]h~ . i~~<; a~eJus ':0'1 o~-.... 'Grant, whose father tan a ranch
<br />':'- ",:....:',\, ;.' :'; ~~"" '; '-~").i~~'lli\1~IY~\lJear:; tOfd!()ught.arlot. of;:' near Roggen in northeast Colorado I
<br />;/;;,;..,..:.,.;. .. I. :.D.....t.:..;:B......I~f\'tariclierS~w<iri't~ntake~t>'Old.tim~~~/ .... . 'j'
<br />1,;rOr..~Qm.e. p~op ~'; us.. ow,,(.y;-('.'~'-rl.1i~. '\i 'l"'~'" ~~',~,,'Weld County rancher and Slock .
<br />memonesremam VIVId m~~e H~~..ers, who.g~.~ E!rr. an .yeap ~g?":Show official Ben Houston was just.
<br />60 years later. . . . .;.,:~\<:~i:;..>;~;:. ~an s!lI'Vlve.,ButYiose ~ho ~am<<; m .' a. boy back then, but "I orten won-
<br />. Seven~y-year-old Kansas rancher:.,,' l:lter and have big bank n!)tes.to .der how we survived II at all."
<br />Bill Young, in Denver forJhe Na~:::::payoff ~ave_no,shanc~..To~~y. the::i. "Th 'd h to tf'l ttl 50
<br />,tional Western Stock Show'~d R,o.!-~'.. banks can't ~ven ~agy~7m,if they; '.~r' ey. aye al ca e .
<br />. d . .. b rs Dust'Bowl :Umes ".wanted ..to;, new. regulaboD;S have:~ mdes to~d some grass, and I re-
<br />. . eolC rem:I? I936 ..ft/.)!F;j.~l)ki.i,::elimiriated:that.'~:,;. '':' : .. . . ";.member dust caked on caltle so
<br />m "I:r:::~rnb(e' ,;;h~~Jld%~~....:;~;~jii CoI6radd'i!ithe?ig'30s, ;t1ranch.:..that they could barely bl:eathe,"" ;
<br />. member 'people hrie(f.up;l<i~~et. '2~s~ent brokearid"sOrrie.commit~ -_....".~
<br />,: eQ1erge~cy ;rood lr~.f}l .Pf~fed~~! {.;.:te<l'sui~ide. '.~.; recalled ;~Qr~eley
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