The term '1930s Itinerant' refers to a group of people who traveled around the United States during the 1930s, often referred to as 'Okies'. This group was made up of mostly farmers and their families who had been displaced by the Dust Bowl, a period of severe dust storms that caused major ecological and agricultural damage in the Great Plains region of the United States. The term 'Okie' was used to refer to anyone from Oklahoma, but it eventually became a derogatory term for all those who were part of this group of itinerants.