When Lois Libbie Folsom was born on 13 March 1927, in Clyde, Cloud, Kansas, United States, her father, Jesse Ray Folsom, was 38 and her mother, Mary Matilda Burch, was 33. She lived in Hugo, Lincoln, Colorado, United States in 1950 and Midland, Texas, United States for about 2 years. She died on 15 July 2010, in Midland, Midland, Texas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Brantford Covenant Church Cemetery, Brantford, Washington, Kansas, United States.
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In 1928, Kansas produced one-seventh of the world's wheat crop. Several years later in 1931, Kansas had produced a record breaking 240 million bushels of wheat.
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
One of most intense, costly, and devastating droughts ever recorded in the state of Texas. The entire state was in a state of drought by the summer of 1951. Less than 30-50% of the normal rainfall was received during this period. The state was plagued with dust storms similar to those from the infamous Dust Bowl. The drought ended in a destructive manner throughout 1957; storms, hail, tornadoes, and deadly floods.
English: variant of Foulsham, a habitational name from Foulsham in Norfolk, so named from the Old English personal name Fugol + hām ‘homestead’. This form of the surname is very rare in Britain.
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