My father set poles and strung wire for the Western Union Telegraph Co. in those days... and in those areas. After the first 2-3 years, they sent him 'mostly' to Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico because so little could be done in Oklahoma and Kansas. After 1941, when the war started, he was back in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas working long hours.

He told stories... some about the dust, but also about grasshopper swarms eating what little crops were there. He said that on a few days, the little railroad 'motor car' they used couldn't get enough traction to run.