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Alex McGannon Store and Post Office, Early 1900's |
So what happened to the once thriving town of Okobojo? In short, 12" of rainfall per year makes them practically a desert and they were too far from the railroad. Then, the 1929 stock market crash and subsequent bank closings, followed by the depression and a ten year long drought known as the dust bowl, all accompanied by the worst grasshopper infestation anyone had ever seen.
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