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Rolla, Kansas, dust storm, May 6, 1945
A huge dust storm snuffed out all of the light in Rolla, Kansas in 1935. This photo was sent along with a message that said, "Dear Mr. Roosevelt, Darkness came when it hit us. Picture taken from water tower one hundred feet high. Yours Truly, Chas. P. Williams."
-- Rolla is some 430 miles straight west of Galena