Example of the way that 'Okies' travelled west Size:L: 80 x 80cm behind is his camel

behind is his camel

marine filter-feeders

'Pillars of the Constitution: Three o'Clock and a Cloudy Morning'

Interior view showing the staircase at the Cock Tavern

Example of the way that 'Okies' travelled west Size:L: 80 x 80cm behind is his camelExample of the way that 'Okies' travelled west, 1937. This family (from Missouri) reported, 'Broke baby sick car trouble'. 'Okies' was the name given to people from the American prairie states (many of them from Oklahoma) who were forced to abandon their farms by the dustbowls of the 1930s. Many travelled to California and other western states. On arriving they found life little easier than it had been where they came from and many were forced to