Facts and Info on California, Salinas and Gabilan Mountains in the 1930s.

1. Many were egotistical, especially the workers. To survive and find work they needed to be self-centeredness and selfish.

2. Migrants moved to the countryside to survive and find jobs and to escape the economic challenges.

3. Loneliness and depression were the prime characteristics of the Ranch Life in California

4. 10,263 became the population of Salinas by 1930s

5. Salinas became the richest city in America during the 1930s

6. There were growing Filipino laborers

7. During this era, the "Dust Bowl" immigrants were the ones who are called - they suffered from the "great depression"