Texas History for Kids
Texas History for Kids is a podcast where young listeners explore the stories they didn’t hear about in school—from legendary battles and forgotten monuments to the strange, enchanted, and unexplained corners of the Lone Star State. New episodes air every Monday.
Texas History for Kids
Episode 85 - Great Depression and Dust Bowl
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It all started in 1929 when the stock market crashed and stock prices dropped so fast and so far that millions of people lost all their savings overnight. Banks closed. Jobs vanished. And the United States entered the worst economic crisis it had ever seen.
Now… add in the Dust Bowl—and things in Texas went from bad to worse. Today you'll learn :
✅ What life was really like in Texas during the Great Depression
✅ The creative—and quirky—ways Texans survived
✅ How this tough time changed Texas forever
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