Editing Mountain Home, Arkansas (section)

===The Great Depression===

The Great Depression hit the area hard, causing many local farmers to lose their land and leave. A series of natural disasters also caused hardship in the area including the Flood of 1927 and the drought of 1930–31. Cotton had been one of the main crops in the area before this, but the drought ended production of cotton in Baxter county and it never truly resumed. Residents received some relief from [[New Deal]] programs such as the Federal Emergency Relief Agency (FERA) and the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]]. The [[Works Progress Administration]] transformed transportation in the area throughout the 1930s and 1940s.<ref name="encyclopediaofarkansas.net" />