Oklahoma Dust Bowl farmers who migrated to California to find work.
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Oklahoma Dust Bowl farmers who migrated to California to find work.
Most Okies migrated to California
California
They were known derisively as "Okies" as many of them came from Oklahoma.
Since many migrants were from Oklahoma, they became known as "Okies". (From US History, "The American Repuplic" book.) They would move to California.
They became the reluctant host to the Okies.