179th Infantry Regiment

Historical marker location:

2120 NE 36th St, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

( Memorial can be reached from Northeast 36th Street east of Northeast 37th Street, on the right when traveling west.)

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."