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Weedpatch

Huell learns that many "Okies" fled the Dust Bowl in their jalopies with signs reading "California or Bust." Out of options, they often ended up at the "Weedpatch camp," a federal labor and living camp for migrant workers in Kern County. Huell visits this historic camp, later immortalized in John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath," and talks with both the "Okies" who grew up there and the Latinos who now call it home.

English
  • Originally Aired January 1, 1995
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Network PBS
  • Created May 12, 2014 by
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Name Type Role
Huell Howser Writer