Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the Great Depression, shanty towns, also known as "Hoovervilles," began to sprout up across the US. Named after President ...

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 ...

The reenactment of “Hooverville,” hosted by the Amherst Historical Society on Sept. 6, gave visitors a taste of what it was like during the Great Depression in the 1930’s. For the third year in a row, ...

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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 ...

During the administration of President Herbert Hoover, 1929 to 1933, a crisis of housing occurred due to unlivable low wages, a shortage of affordable housing and an enormous gap between the rich and ...