Weedpatch, California

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Weedpatch is the location of the Arvin Federal Government Camp, known colloquially (and in the John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath) as "Weedpatch Camp".
This camp was a government rescue center for distressed migrant workers fleeing the Oklahoma Dust Bowl agricultural disaster, during the Great Depression. The camp still aids migrants today.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weedpatch,_California
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Coordinates:   35°14'16"N   118°54'51"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago