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Tag:Great Depression

When the Federal Government Moved Farmers Across Colorado

Following the onset of the dust bowl, the federal government worked to move farmers out of the eastern plains and into the Western Slope.

‘Big Ed’s’ 1936 Martial Law Declaration

In 1936, former Colorado Gov. Edwin “Big Ed” Johnson declared martial law in an attempt to close the state’s border with New Mexico.