October 29, 1929
The stock market crash becomes a symbol of the Great Depression
The market collapse of October 1929 became the defining symbol of a much broader economic breakdown. In Preston County, the Depression provides context for bank restrictions, unemployment, mine and railroad contraction, farm hardship, migration, and the search for relief work.
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