From the mountains to the prairies

- from the Great Lakes to the Rocky Mountains
- breadbasket of the nation – huge farms produce wheat corn and soy beans
- farmers had to struggle ( zápasit ) very hard in the past
- Dust Bowl – during the Great Depression in 1930s
- 1929 - stock market crash
- prices dropped
- rains stopped, crops failed,
- the soil blew away in great dust storms => farmers lost their livehoods
- Oakies – moved to California to start anew life
Denver
- capital of Colorado
- Mile High City
- Gateway to the Rocky Mountains
- its wealth – oil, coal, gas, uranium
- nearby ski slopes, hiking trails

Colorado
- Spanish name for the mayor river, which is colored red