Due to copyright concerns, I can only share the link below. But ask that you please see Shorpy's photograph of the day of a young mother in Tulare County, California as captured by the renowned Dorothea Lange. As you will recall, Lange was commissioned by the Farm Security Administration to record images of families who struggled to survive during the Depression. I have family who also had a rough beginning in California after moving from Texas.
http://www.shorpy.com/node/21208
From the look of the scenery, you would think the house sits in Kansas or Texas. Yet this is in the same county that holds Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park--both beautiful places to backpack.
Be sure and click on the photo itself to see it in a much larger format. Lange left a splendid legacy!