Historical Marker
Veterans Memorial
Historical marker location:
202 West Cooweescoowee Avenue, Oologah, Oklahoma
( Memorial is at the intersection of Cooweescoowee Avenue and Maple Street, on the right when traveling west on Cooweescoowee Avenue.)
Marker installed: 1991
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."