During the Great Depression, shanty towns, also known as "Hoovervilles," began to sprout up across the US. Named after President Herbert Hoover, they were made up of scraps of wood, tin, tar, and ...

Amherst Historical Society will host the Experiencing 1930s “Hooverville” event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 7 at Sandstone Village, 736 Milan Ave. in Amherst. Focused on life in the 1930s, the ...

As the Great Depression worsened in the 1930s, thousands of Americans lost their jobs and eventually their homes. Shantytowns dubbed “Hoovervilles” named after unsympathetic President Herbert Hoover, ...

The Amherst Historical Society announced the return of the Experience 1930s Hooverville event from 10 a.m. to 5 p. m. Sept. 6 at the historical Sandstone Village, 763 Milan Ave. The annual event ...

EJ Antoni is a public finance economist and the Richard F. Aster research fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget. When people couldn’t afford housing ...

When people couldn’t afford housing during the Great Depression, they built shantytowns from scrap construction supplies and named them “Hoovervilles,” after President Herbert Hoover. Today, Americans ...

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In Mr. Renfer’s English class the sixth grade students read the classic, Bud, Not Buddy, a story of an orphaned boy at the time of the Great Depression. During the Great Depression, many families lost ...