What do Steamtrain Maury, Frisco Jack and Slo Motion Shorty have in common with actors Clark Gable, Hillary Swank and Jim Carrey? All have lived the hobo life.  The men mentioned first are as infamous in the Hobo world as the others are in yours. There are other famous people that have spent time being [...]

As the hobos would travel from town to town, in search of work and adventure, they would often stay in camps.  These camps were  located close to the railway but far enough from town to not attract attention.  They called these camps ‘jungles’. The hobo jungle was a quiet safe place.  They could rest, eat, [...]

Back in the 1800′s when the first trains began to appear another image appeared on our history pages-the hobos. In the hard times around the Civil War, the economy was so depressed that hobos would ride the rails to get from place to place. Although they would hop trains to save money, each hobo had [...]