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Letter from W. M. Black to Gov. Joseph Dixon, from Shelby, July 28, 1921. Montana Governors records, 1889-1962. Manuscript Collection 35. [box 7 folder 33]. Montana Historical Society Research Center. Archives. Excerpted in Not In Precious Metals Alone: A Manuscript History of Montana (Helena, 1976): 179. Context for W. M. Black's Letter: No federal or state aid was available to assist drought victims in the late 1910s and 1920s. Bankrupt and destitute homesteaders turned to the Salvation Army and the Red Cross for help. Unable to aid the thousands of homeless, these agencies argued that drought sufferers were a state concern. Shelby attorney W. M. Black witnessed the disaster and wrote Governor Joseph M. Dixon about its proportions.
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