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85Yes, Mom I do Remember
My mother's family not only survived the depression - they thrived! They were there in John's Stienbecks's "Grapes of Wrath" book in Weedpatch, California...
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83Celebrities - Famous People From Oklahoma ~ Popular Oklahomans
This hub is fun and interesting for me because...I'M AN OKLAHOMAN! As I did the research for this article I learned a lot that I didn't know...such as Brad Pitt's hometown is just about 25 minutes from my front door! Some things I already knew, such...
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83Immigration Policy in the Depression
"Los Angeles Police Chief Sends Patrolmen to Guard Border" Like the headline? Care to guess when it was printed? February 15, 1936. Here's the kicker question: Which border was being guarded? It wasn't...
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84Digging for Diamonds at Arkansas' Crater of Diamond State Park
If you want to take a fun vacation with your family that may turn out to be very profitable why not try digging for diamonds at the worlds only diamond mine that is open to the public? People have been finding diamonds and other gem stones for over...
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76Chapter 4 - Yes, Mom, I do Remember
My family arrived in Weedpatch, California. Food and work was available...
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75Noodling What Is It And Is It Legal
Noodling is the practice and sport of fishing for catfish using only one's bare hands. Noodling may be called catfisting, grabbling, graveling, hogging, or tickling, depending on region. (Kentuckians call it dogging, while Nebraskans prefer stumping). South Georgia writer Harry Crews, in his autobiographical novel A Childhood, uses the term "cooning" to describe the practice. Despite these colorful names, noodling is better explained by the name handfishing; however, this term is less popular am
72They're Pouring Into The U.S.; Streaming Across The Borders, And Destroying Our Way Of Life!
California Currently, thousands-upon-thousands of them are showing up at the border, often overrunning the officers who have been stationed there to keep them out. And once they get into the state, many are wandering all over the countryside...
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71Chapter 2 - Yes, Mom, I do Remember
In an old panel truck we go to California. Water bags are tied on the radiator, the running boards are filled with gas cans, oil cans and water and whatever we can poke here and there.
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69Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence
In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaughtered her owner.
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69My Mother An Amazing Woman
Okie" migrants can probably claim their greatest achievements in the area of culture. The supposedly helpless "Okies" made a positive contribution to the central valleys of California. Politically, the "Okies" imparted "plain-folk Americanism," which combines concern for the little man with a spirit of individualism and a sense of patriotism.
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