In Steinbeck’s Weedpatch, an Okie festival is turning to dust — but the migrant stories live on

In Steinbeck’s Weedpatch, an Okie festival is turning to dust — but the migrant stories live on

by Hailey Branson-Potts

The Dust Bowl Festival at the historic Weedpatch Camp, immortalized by John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath,” ended this year after three decades. The Okie generation is fading in California, but migrant stories will never end.

All credit goes to Hailey Branson-Potts
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