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Kids would stay home from school so they could help their parents harvest. People valued their harvest more than education.
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Auvil says he remembers being paid $0.75 an hour. After the market crashed, it plummeted to $0.25.
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They left Oklahoma in 1940, and picked cotton in states like Arkansas, Mississippi, and California. Eventually they ended up staying in Washington State.
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Within the span from 1942-1944, population increased, schools went from 25 people to 150 people, and they had to build new schools because of it.
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Recruiting went on in the 40's, 50's, and the 60's, and they sent out buses for workers in places like Spokane, Seattle, and Portland.
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Sons and daughters of Dustbowl Migrants picked fruits in the '70's.
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In the 30's, they migrated to California.
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Composition of labor force changed in the 80's.
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Most foreign workers were granted residence status under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
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In 1992, children under 16 were no longer allowed to help families pick fruit. Instead of going south for work during Winter, they went to visit their relatives while collecting unemployment.
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