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Farmers traveling in Dust Bowl.

Mass Exodus From the Plains

Source: PBS

During the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl led millions of people from the Plains states to move to California. Read about the migration and click some of the links in the menu on the left for other biographies, articles, and photo galleries that describe the time period.

This entry was posted in The Modern World and tagged Culture & Society, History on November 1, 2015 by Anita Hacker.

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