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Montana memories: drought, harvest crews and daily life in the Depression era
Summary
An interviewee recalls childhood life in rural Montana—year-round labor, neighbor mutual aid during harvests, severe droughts in the 1920s–1930s, and the routines that sustained families through harsh winters.
An interviewee recalled growing up in rural Montana during the 1920s and 1930s, describing seasonal harvest crews, years-long droughts and household routines that sustained families through hard winters.
The account provides a first-person view of why farming communities relied on neighbor labor and large communal meals during harvests, and how repeated crop failures and dust and drought shaped daily life.
The narrator said harvest work was organized across farms:…
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