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During the early 1900’s many farmers moved west in hopes of finding land to farm and to raise a family. Many farmers found this land in the mid west. Many farmers thought that the land was perfect and thought that it would last forever. The farmer didn’t realize what they had done until it was almost too late. Which brings up the point if one is not careful they can destroy something very precious that is irreplaceable. The Dust Bowl was located in the mid west, but mostly in the southern plains. In 1931 many farmers believed that farming was best in the southern plains. Plains farmers were most prosperous because of the large amounts of land they could farm and grow crops. Many of the farmers didn’t the occasional dust storm and little water supply. They plowed what they called “virgin sod” which is soil that had not been plowed by any other person. When looking at farmers at work they were described as “great armored bugs moving across the plains,” this referred to the tractors that were plowing the plains. But as time passed the soil became light and dry. The sand storms grew talle