You’d have had to live through Oklahoma’s “Dust Bowl” crisis to understand it any better than fourth- and fifth-graders in two multi-age classes at Irving Pertzsch Elementary. Over the course of about ...

We hear a lot about the Bakersfield Sound but beyond the music, the voices of the valley still ring strong. One such voice was Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, known as the "Okie Poet," who chronicled the ...

Just in case you haven’t read John Steinbeck or listened to Woody Guthrie lately, here’s a news flash: living in the Dust Bowl sucked. How else could you explain thousands of Texans wanting to move to ...

This November, the State of Oklahoma becomes a senior citizen. It’s our 100th birthday. And what a century it’s been. Born amid the flurry of horse’s hooves and billowing dust clouds, the Sooner State ...

In Oklahoma I busted, in California I trusted -- The Okie impact -- The rise of the migrant problem -- The Olson Administration and the Okies -- The migrant problem and the federal government : I -- ...

I'm no historian, of the District or anywhere else, but a bit of research indicates that Okie Street NE was probably named after a family named Okie or O'kie 100 years ago or more, and not after ...

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