He ʻatikala hoihoi kēia na Mark Hopkins ma Valley Crest. Ua kamaʻilio ʻo ia e pili ana i ka pilina ma waena o nā mea kanu maoli, nā kūlana maloʻo, a me ka Dust Bowl. Me he mea lā e pono e lawe ʻia ka nui o nā hana e nā kamaʻāina kūlanakauhale.
I ka makahiki 1930, ua ʻike ka ʻāpana waena o ka lāhui i kekahi o nā pōʻino kaiaola maikaʻi loa i ka mōʻaukala ʻAmelika. ʻO ka Dust Bowl e like me ka inoa o ka manawa, he hopena ia o ka luku ʻana i nā mea kanu ʻōiwi, nā hana mahiʻai maikaʻi ʻole a me kahi wā maloʻo lōʻihi. He kaikamahine ʻōpio koʻu Māmā, ma waena o Oklahoma, i kēia wā. Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia i ka ʻohana e kau ana i nā pale pulu ma nā puka makani a me nā puka i ka pō, i mea e hanu ai. I kēlā me kēia kakahiaka, ʻeleʻele loa ka lole olonā ma muli o ka puhi ʻana o ka lepo.
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