EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Lawrence Holden

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
Les Kinderknecht

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Michael Quade

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Malinda Walker
Glenna Letsch

NARRATOR
Robert Roe

MARKETING
Stephanie Rosenberg

GRANTS
Jayne Heller
Debra Creamer
Tricia Flax

CONSULTANTS

LINDA McCAFFERY
Barton Co. Community College

EDWARD SKIDMORE, Ph.D.
USDA Agricultural Research Service

DR. RAYMOND WILSON
Fort Hays State University

SARA JANE RICHTER, Ph.D.
Oklahoma Panhandle State University

LLOYD SPONHOLTZ
University of Kansas

GUESTS

John Tatarko, Ph.D.
Doris Trapp
Katy Goldsmith
F. Robert Kopke
Bud Campbell
Wilson Nelson
Pauline Richter
Carl Fox

Mary Knapp
William Brenner, M.D.
Pauline Hodges
Norma Jean Kopke
Wilda Smith
Margaret Maupin
Velda Nelson

SPECIAL THANKS

RON FRANK
Kansas State University

JULIE MUNDEN
Barton Co. Community College

 

ARCHIVAL PHOTOS & FILM
Barton County Historical Society

Ellis County Historical Society

Finney County Historical Museum

Kansas State Historical Society

Ness County Historical Society

Seward County Historical Museum

Stevens County Gas & Historical Museum

Wind Erosion Research Unit, USDA, ARS (Manhattan, Kansas)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Library

Library of Congress

John G. Coumerilh

Grace Flying Service (St. Francis, Kansas)

Leann Kucerik

Doris Pratt

Colby Free Press

Goodland Star-News

Hays Daily News

Larned Tiller & Toiler

“The Plow That Broke the Plains”
Pare Lorentz 1936 Farm Security Administration

 
 
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This program is funded in part by the Kansas Humanities Council, a nonprofit cultural organization promoting understanding of the history, traditions, and ideas that shape our lives and build community.