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A small pamphlet featuring advice and wisdom about hobo life. Numerous contributions from well-known individuals in the hoboing community.

Article featuring Hood River Blackie's years of Western mining and the differences between tramp miners and hoboes.

Newspaper article published on the significance of tramp art highly sought after by collectors.

Full title: The National Hobo Convention: A Historical Sketch of the Annual National Hobo Convention of Tourist Union No. 63. Created/Published by various people in the hoboing community.

The story of why Frog began hoboing, definition of hoboing, and stories of train riding. This story is contained in One More Train to Ride: The Underground World of Modern American Hoboes, pages 41-47, by Cliff Williams (Oats), published by Indiana…

General article on the history of hoboing.

Article written about Hood River Blackie and his 32 years of riding the rails.

Magazine article featuring early arrivals at the 1979 hobo convention in Britt. History of hoboing in America and history of the Britt convention. Feature of Steamtrain Maury and many other popular hoboes of the time.

Pamphlet from The Hobo Graffiti Society the details the historic significance of hobo codes and graffiti.

Article featuring information about hoboing.