refugee farm families from the Southern Plains
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Mostly trucks but whatever they had that ran they used.
The term "Okie" was a derogatory label used to describe migrants from Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression era. The Joad family, depicted in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," were referred to as "Oakies" because they hailed from Oklahoma and were part of the mass migration to California in search of work and a better life.
The people who lived in the Oakvilles were known as Oakies. This term was sometimes used derogatorily to refer to migrant workers who left the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression in search of work in California.
the oakis were okie dokes cousins, they shared a small tree just west of okey dokes house, one day it turned out that everything was not okey dokey and a bear came, okey dokeys family were tragically eaten alive as they tried to escape the bear, okey doke became involved in the fight and lost both his legs.
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern OA--ES. That is, six letter words with 1st letter O and 2nd letter A and 5th letter E and 6th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: oakies
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 6 words with the pattern -AKIE-. That is, six letter words with 2nd letter A and 3rd letter K and 4th letter I and 5th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are: cakier lakier oakier oakies sakieh takier
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern -AK-ES. That is, six letter words with 2nd letter A and 3rd letter K and 5th letter E and 6th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: oakies rakees
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 5 words with the pattern --KIES. That is, six letter words with 3rd letter K and 4th letter I and 5th letter E and 6th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: alkies bikies eskies oakies pokies
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 15 words with the pattern --KI-S. That is, six letter words with 3rd letter K and 4th letter I and 6th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: alkies bekiss bikies eskies fakirs hakims lakins likins oakies pekins pokies sakias takins unkiss vakils
The dust bowl the occurred in prairie states which included Kansas and Oklahoma (oakies). The prairies were covered with prairie plants, mostly grass. This formed a natural sod which was rather deep. The sod kept the soil in place during times of low rainfall. When farmers came to this area they plowed up the sod exposing the soil. For this reason they were called 'sod busters'. In the 30s a large drought occurred. When winds blew, soil was picked up and blew about. More and more soil was picked up and blown about. This time was called the dirty 30s. Sometimes people would get the soil blown in their eyes and never saw again. The dirt was blown as far as Washington DC. Washington finally came up with the Soil Conservation Act. Farming practices were changed to preserve the soil. Teddy Roosevelt was President at this time.