William Matthew Tilghman

Historical marker location:

Chandler, Oklahoma

( Marker is on East Memorial Road north of State Highway 66, on the left when traveling north.)

July 4, 1854 - Nov. 1, 1924.

During the Great Depression, thousands of farmers in Oklahoma were displaced from their land due to drought and dust storms. Many of these farmers migrated to California in search of work, a journey that became known as the "Okie migration."