Thornton Migrant Farm Labor Shelters – CA

State:
CA

Site Type:
Civic Facilities

Description

Government-run migrant farm labor camp located at
Thornton, CA. Four metal shelters still exist on their original sites. They housed single men and families. Today the structures are used for occasional storage by firemen, otherwise they sit empty

Source notes

Online submission by Gail S. Erwin, with the San Joaquin Historical Society and Museum. "Eighty Families of Migratory Workers in Thornton Camp," Stockton Record, 15 July 1938, 10. "Merry Christmas Arranged for Government Camp Children," Stockton Record, 14 December 1939, 11. "Model Federal Farm Labor Camp at Thornton is completed," Stockton Record, 2 October 1939, 12.

Location Info

CA San Joaquin County

Location notes:

Coordinates: 38.223429, -121.42147

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