Route 66 holds a special place in American history, especially during the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s ... which became a lifeline to California's fertile lands. The road was not just a path but a ...

Though Rush's family left after the Dust Bowl years were officially over, they took the same path — traveling Route 66, which the migrants called "the Mother Road," until they reached California.

Erwin's parents followed the Dust Bowl migration to California and made it to the Weedpatch Camp in the 1930s. Then after a while, had a touch of homesickness and headed back to Kansas.

The TikTok Border: How Smugglers Turned Migration Into a Game. by Kevin Cohen. ... That was a very different time, a mere two years after the Dust Bowl sent 200,000 Okies to California.

Though Rush's family left after the Dust Bowl years were officially over, they took the same path — traveling Route 66, which the migrants called "the Mother Road," until they reached California ...