Incredible Joad Family Home State References. There are related clues (shown below). In the novel, john steinbeck follows the fictional journey of the joads, a family of sharecroppers from sallisaw, oklahoma, forced to.

The wilson's, a family that the joad's are traveling with, have had their car break down, and tom. The grapes of wrath begins with (the son) tom joad leaving the oklahoma state prison in macalester and heading back to his home located near sallisaw, oklahoma. Where was the joad family farm located?