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Film spotlights Tucumcari resident in The Dust Bowl on PBS
The Dust Bowl film on PBS features Tucumcari native R L Boots McCoy born December 1 1926 in the Oklahoma Panhandle. He recalls farming life dust storms and Black Sunday Easter and the toll on family health with his sister dying from dust pneumonia and his own lasting lung issues.
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Boots” McCoy
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