Arvin Federal Government Camp, also known as the Weedpatch Camp or Sunset Labor Camp, was built by the Farm Security Administration south of Bakersfield, California, in 1936 to house migrant workers during the Great Depression. The National Register of Historic Places placed several of its historic buildings on the registry on January 22, 1996.
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Arvin Federal Government Camp, also known as the WeedpatchCamp or Sunset Labor Camp, was built by the Farm Security Administration south of Bakersfield...
entirely African-American The WeedpatchCamp (also known as the Arvin Federal Government Camp and the Sunset Labor Camp), now on the National Register...
the former camp. California during World War II Desert Training Center WeedpatchCamp Geiger, Jeffrey. (1996) German prisoners of war at Camp Cooke, California...
"Okies" or "Arkies") moved on to California. The FSA operated camps for them, such as WeedpatchCamp as depicted in The Grapes of Wrath. The RA and the FSA gave...
Murphy 1993 Children in the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at WeedpatchCamp Jerry Stanley 1992 Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh Robert Burleigh...
2004) A Speedy and Public Trial (adapted from Kafka; 2004) The Pride of WeedpatchCamp (2004) Indian Summer (2003) Power Play (2002) Teardown (2001) Bad Water...
Val Verde (61.1%) Vista Santa Rosa (85.0%) Victor (51.2%) Volta (53.7%) Weedpatch (93.5%) Westley (96.0%) Westmorland (87.1%) West Goshen (70.1%) West Indio...
Wrath by John Steinbeck wherein the Joads stay at the government camp in Weedpatch, Ca. About 200 croquet clubs across the United States are members...
they originally planned. After floods destroyed their camp in Mendota, they moved south to Weedpatch, California, and took up residence in an abandoned granary...
composed of three agriculturally based communities: Arvin, Lamont and Weedpatch. The nearest colleges are: California State University, Bakersfield, located...
there) Alexander's Corner was the name of Weedpatch, California – Cal Alexander (early resident) Allen's Camp was the name of Caliente, California – Gabriel...
at Arvin (now called Weedpatch) and Marysville. Each camp comprised around 200 families. To participate in life at these camps to pay their keep, farmers...
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