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Vernon Evans (with his family) of Lemmon, South Dakota, near Missoula, Montana, on Highway 10. July 1936. Leaving grasshopper-ridden and drought- stricken area for a new start in Oregon or Washington. Expects to arrive at Yakima in time for hop picking. Lives in tent (interview). Makes about two hundred miles a day in Model T. View full size. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein.
Kevin Costner striking a pose....
I sure wouldn't have wanted to make that trip, it would have tedious at best... sure hope that they made it and had a good and prosperous life.
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