Published on
Nov 30, 2024
5,000 settle in shacks along the Mississippi during the Great Depression
BY TIM O'NEIL ST. LOUIS • The Great Depression had settled in hard by the first dawn of 1931. Unemployment, already at 15 percent, would climb relentlessly toward a crushing 24.9 percent two years later. Relief programs were well-intended but scant, …
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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