KACV wants to hear your Dust Bowl stories....

Seventy six years after “Black Sunday”, the darkest day of the Dust Bowl era, people can still remember where they were and what they were thinking. If you, or someone you know, have memories of the “Dirty Thirties” the KACV-TV crew wants to hear from you. We are traveling to Hereford, Panhandle and Dalhart during the month of April, and we hope to collect as many stories as we can from area Dust Bowl survivors.

We want to add to our growing collection of interviews from area residents whose childhood recollections range from the humorous to the heartbreaking. These are stories that need to be documented and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to preserve this vital piece of our heritage. Here are the dates, times and locations for our road trips scheduled for April. More locations will be announced soon, Stay tuned.

Monday, April 11

9AM-Noon

Deaf Smith County Library

Hereford

Tuesday, April 12

9AM-Noon

Carson County Square House Museum

Panhandle, TX

Wednesday, April 13

10:00am – 2:00pm

XIT Museum

Dalhart, TX

The Exploration and Growth Continues.....

It was an incredible experience for us to produce the program, “Can You dig It? Exploring and Growing at the Buried City”, and definitely one of the highlights was our final trip to Perryton when we visited KEYE radio for an interview with Sharon Ellzey. The KACV production crew was always warmly received by the residents of Perryton and the staff at Courson Archaeological Research and we were happy to present a DVD copy of the show to play at the premiere party for the 4-H group from Perryton and their parents. Special thanks go to Cathy Beal for putting the event together.

And, just in case you missed it on the air, it is now available on our website, kacv.org.

One of our goals in creating this program that focuses on the archaeological site near Perryton was to gear it for a younger audience in the hope that teachers will present the show in their classrooms. You will find an abundance of additional resources relating to the program on-line as well. Thanks for watching “Can you Dig It? And thanks for supporting Public Television in the Texas Panhandle.

Here's a clip of KEYE's Sharon Ellzey talking about the importance of KACV to the Texas Panhandle.