During the drought, there was a record breaking amount of outmigration from the Great Plains. The evidence from government records and personal stories of those who lived through the Dust Bowl recall many people leaving for California. California was seen as the promised land for victims of the Dust Bowl to regrow their farms and become prosperous again. Regardless, migration out of the Dust Bowl was the direct result of massive crop failure, foreclosures, and unemployment as a result of the Great Depression (Cordova, Porter 1714). Once the Dust Bowl had concluded the government took great care in making sure to prevent another dust related catastrophe. This included learning new plowing techniques to help the grasslands regrow and, restore
