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    Weedpatch (formerly Weed Patch and Alexander's Corner) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United...
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  • Rachel Hollis (category People from Kern County, California)
    Apologizing. After graduating from high school, Hollis moved to Los Angeles, California, and got a job at Miramax. While working there, she met her future husband...
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    also known as the Weedpatch Camp or Sunset Labor Camp, was built by the Farm Security Administration south of Bakersfield, California, in 1936 to house...
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  • Weedpatch – 2,658 Richgrove – 2,538 Tipton – 2,519 United States portal California portal List of United States congressional districts California's congressional...
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    public library in Lamont was opened in June 1912. It was located in the Weedpatch home of Phoebe Wells. Growth was rapid in the Lamont region, with the...
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    It crosses SR 99 and Union Avenue (SR 99 Business). It then crosses Weedpatch Highway (SR 184)/Wheeler Ridge Road, which is the local north-south highway...
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  • Corner was the name of Weedpatch, California – Cal Alexander (early resident) Allen's Camp was the name of Caliente, California – Gabriel Allen (early...
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  • The following is a list of California locations by race. According to 2010 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, people of White ancestry were the dominant...
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    Valley Stallion Springs Stebbins Tarina Taft Heights Tupman Valley Acres Weedpatch Weldon Wofford Heights Woody Actis Aerial Acres Bealville Bena Caliente...
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  • The following is a list of California locations by income. California had a per capita income of $29,906 during the five-year period comprising years 2010...
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    State Route 184 (SR 184), locally known as Weedpatch Highway, is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. Located in Kern County, it runs from the...
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    Route 58 (SR 58) is a major east-west state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs across the Coast Ranges, the southern San Joaquin Valley, the...
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  • The following is a list of California cities, towns, and census-designated places in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is Hispanic or Latino...
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    The Grapes of Wrath (category Culture of Bakersfield, California)
    the camp at Weedpatch and shows the Joads surprising favor. Muley Graves: a neighbour of the Joads. He is invited to come along to California with them...
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  • communities counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of California. Information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies...
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    Trail McKittrick Highway Garces Highway Maricopa Highway Kern Canyon Road Weedpatch Highway Valley Boulevard Golden State Highway Bear Mountain Boulevard...
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    Area code 661 (category Area codes in California)
    Springs Taft Taft Heights Tehachapi Tupman Valley Acres Walker Basin Wasco Weedpatch Wheeler Ridge Acton Agua Dulce Antelope Acres Castaic Del Sur Desert View...
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    thirteen resettlement communities that were entirely African-American The Weedpatch Camp (also known as the Arvin Federal Government Camp and the Sunset Labor...
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    Camp Lamont (category Military installations in California)
    camp. California during World War II Desert Training Center Weedpatch Camp Geiger, Jeffrey. (1996) German prisoners of war at Camp Cooke, California. Jefferson...
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    457 City 48,572 Spanish 70.8 25.1 Waukena 63 CDP 63 Spanish 55.6 44.4 Weedpatch 2,788 CDP 2,543 Spanish 90.1 9.9 West Carson 22,240 CDP 21,263 English...
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    of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kern County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts...
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  • Jessie Lopez De La Cruz (category People from Anaheim, California)
    After floods destroyed their camp in Mendota, they moved south to Weedpatch, California, and took up residence in an abandoned granary. The family was still...
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    Dolores Huerta (category Labor movement in California)
    sewer connections, street lights, sidewalks, and gutters in Lamont and Weedpatch from 2007–2015." The DHF was one of the plaintiffs in a suit against Kern...
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    The Grapes of Wrath (film) (category Films shot in California)
    further incident. After driving awhile, they arrive at the Farmworkers' Weedpatch Camp ("Wheat Patch"), a clean facility run by the Department of Agriculture...
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    (known as "Okies" or "Arkies") moved on to California. The FSA operated camps for them, such as Weedpatch Camp as depicted in The Grapes of Wrath. The...
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  • Richard Hellesen (category Writers from California)
    2004) A Speedy and Public Trial (adapted from Kafka; 2004) The Pride of Weedpatch Camp (2004) Indian Summer (2003) Power Play (2002) Teardown (2001) Bad...
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    Edison Oil Field (category Geography of Kern County, California)
    the east and northeast. California State Route 58 crosses the field east to west, and California State Route 184, the Weedpatch Highway, runs north to...
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  • Kern Transit (category Bus transportation in California)
    Regional Transit, is the operator of mass transportation in Kern County, California. Primarily, it provides inter-regional transportation, connecting outlying...
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    Retrieved 29 October 2015. Samuel D. G. Heath (2009). The American Poet: Weedpatch Gazette for 2003. iUniverse. p. 132. ISBN 9781440139581. Archived from...
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    decades later, photographing surviving shacks in the Weedpatch "Okie" camp in Kern County, California, that was the setting for much of John Steinbeck's...
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