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Chapter 27 Robert A. Symmonds, “Guitar Whitey" (1921-2019), Rode More Miles As An Old Man Than During the Depression As A Kid

Tags: culture, Guitar Whitey, history

Chapter 28 John “Mountain Dew” Troxel (1922-1984), 1983 Hobo King

Tags: culture, history, Mountain Dew

Chapter 29 LeRoy E. McClary aka Cardboard (1922-1998), 50 Years on the Rails

Tags: Cardboard, culture, history

Chapter 30 Chapter 36 ROAD HOG USA, “DONALD DESIMONE” (1940-2011), 1992 HOBO KING

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Chapter 32 RICHARD (RICK) “IOWA BLACKIE” GAGE (1948-2011), 1993 HOBO KING, Poet, Eccentric, and Hopeless Romantic

Tags: culture, history, Iowa Blackie

Chapter 33 Luther Gette, “Luther the Jet,” the 1995 Scholarly Hobo King, Historian and Philosopher, Poet and Musician

Tags: culture, history, Luther the Jet

Chapter 34 "HOBO LUMP" (QUADHOSH AJADA), QUEEN OF HOBOS FOUR TIMES

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Chapter 34 Charles Gill aka Hobo Spike, 2003 Kind And Gentle Hobo King, Philosopher, Monk (1942-2023)

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Chapter 35 Ralph Gooding, “Hood River Blackie” (1926-1984), Writer, Historian

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Chapter 37 Five Hobo Queen Julianna Porrazzo-Ray and Two-Time Hobo King Darrel “Tuck” Ray, Husband and Wife

Tags: culture, history, Minneapolis Jewel, Tuck

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Mountain Dew and Frisco Jack's tin craft cups

Handmade copper wire hobo cups made from a soup can and a mountain dew can. Frisco Jack is printed on the front of one can. The tin cans most likely…