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Weedpatch Camp, from The Grapes of Wrath
1936
Arvin, California
Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
A federal camp built for Dust Bowl migrants, with sanitation and an elected council, and the model for the government camp in The Grapes of Wrath. Steinbeck stayed here reporting. Kern County then banned the novel from its libraries and schools.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: documented spot
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