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The government hired photographers to capture the movement to CA.
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Some of the people who went to CA got jobs giving them a fresh start.
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Sanora Babb sent chapters of her book back to New York, but is delayed for another novel.
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The rains followed FDR on his second trip to the Dust Bowl.
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Some people packed up their families and headed west.
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Hugh Bennett went on a fact finding trip through the Great Plains in search of a solution.
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Howard Finnell introduced farmers to new farming techniques.
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As people moved west many areas were left with dwindling populations.
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Even thought wheat prices had plummeted, farmers went back to work in the fall.