You get to choose one song, and Ill choose one. I always chose Cocaine Jubilee, because he learned it out in the opium dens and it was a funny song. His influence among the community was far-reaching, even capturing the imagination of a young Jack London, author of White Fang and The Call of the Wild, during his formative years. He then finished, saying this "pitiful existence" would likely end with any would-be tramp in a "pauper's grave." Livingston's fame has waned significantly since the first quarter of the 20th century. To the amateur hobo-spotter, these names can seem to follow no rhyme nor reason; however, years of research and in-depth examination of hobokind have uncovered the closely-guarded secret method of hobo naming. But I wouldnt trade it for anything. It takes a lot. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. Who was a No 1 hobo? Modern freight trains are much faster and thus harder to ride than in the 1930s, but they can still be boarded in railyards. Here is a selection of hobo names from the aforementioned book. ).For more great titles that will entice your reader, check out these timeless chapter books for kids.Plus, explore more We just got on the train in the dark. He said, You need to choose a good topic. And I chose hobos, and I said, Because I grew up with it. Gypsy Moon. Hobelves have additional suffixes appended to their first names: A hobo's nickname depends upon his elemental alignment. The Hot hobo title "Burninatin'" is another Homestar Runner reference, in this case to the character of Trogdor the Burninator. Since 1934 the convention has been held annually in Britt, on the second weekend in August.[32]. WebThe only thing missing from the Hobo Johnson backlash is A-No.1. As an editorial matter, know that I spoke to these folks and they spoke to me, that my bosses know whats what and that these interviews were accurately recorded and transcribed, and that for the purposes of this story I respect every hobos right to anonymity. Black Pearl (English origin) from the movie Pirates Of The Caribbean, one of the most famous names for a boat. Theres whatever youre chasing and whatevers chasing you. In his book, Livingston said the moniker was given to him by an older companion named Frenchy, who said: "Every tramp gives his kid a nickname, a name that will distinguish him from all other members of the craft. There are scores of old cars and trucks, vintage and not, some of them carrying politicians, like the mayor, others carrying signs for politicians, Vote for Schleusner for Supervisor, and one carrying a cardboard cutout of the pope. The boxcar is a fixture in the Britt jungle, permanent. (Sadly, his lectures don't seem to have survived.). Bebop (English origin) from the manga 'Cowboy Bebop'. They call the roll, and Half Track reads the names, of those who caught the westbound, those gone before us, friends, strangers, the loved and unloved, the not yet forgiven and the not yet forgotten, not yet, and everyone closes their eyes to pray and the cicadas lathe the trees and the heat rises and the honor guard steps forward in a stiff-legged line of flags and rifles, older men mostly, from the VFW and the Legion hall, all American belly and grim solemnity, jackets too tight and ramrod straight with duty and country and for a moment the whole thing rides a thin line between comedy and tragedy and then they play taps and you realize youve been crying for a long time. Bailey: Bailey is a friendly and open name that can be used for both the genders. Jeff MacGregor is the award-winning Writer-at-Large for Smithsonian. The same year, Coxeys Army of the unemployed makes its protest march on Washington. And some of this metaphysical shine rubs off on the hobo, who may or may not be looking for enlightenment. If hoboing is dying, its the Road Kids, the so-called traveling kids that are killing it, by their weird, anti-social behavior and attitudes. That impulse travels all the way up the line to Jack Kerouac and the Beats. A handful of shops and restaurants. A bum neither travels nor works. I had some freedom there. The 1970s delivered Emperor of the North Pole and Bound for Glory, two of the best, and last, movies of the genre. The big fire sits at the center of it all, and the whole jungle, maybe an acre, is ringed by tents and cars and vans and little motor homes. Why? WebFantastic Historical Humorous By Serp Ridiculous Hobo Names Hugo Stares Originally compiled by Moyra Turkington. To me, thats what its all about, and Ive formed some great relationships with several of them now. In a 2003 interview, Todd DePastino, author of Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America, said, One famous quip had it that the hobo works and wanders, the tramp drinks and wanders, and the bum just drinks. In addition to signing their nickname, the wandering tramps would also draw up symbols to alert others of possible danger or hospitality ahead. Cause no problems with operating crew or host railroad. Everyone in town is either in the parade or watching the parade, or in it then watching it, or watching it then running around to get back in it. They havent seen each other for 30 years. This past August the 112th National Hobo Convention was held in Britt, Iowa. Your poke is your wallet. Buddha and Moses and Jesus all went on the bum for a while too, dont forget. The abandoned bus he lived in is a now a shrine for drifters, bums, tramps and the like. Its easy to feel like the hobo has already passed into history. Hats off and heads bent, the Square Johns and the tramps and the hobos, the citizens and the bulls take each others hands, and all at once you see it, the community and the humanity and the love. But Utah was best known for his music. You aint free until your backpacks full and your pockets are empty, he says. [citation needed]. Most of the bos come back here to eat at mealtime, and Hawk, the Crumb Boss, sees to it that everyone gets three squares a day. Theres always coffee, too, and he makes sure everyone drinks a lot of water, Gotta hydrate, man. Everyone drops what they can in the kitty to pay for it all. Enter it here to subscribe to Famous Hobos and receive notifications of new posts by email. Among these wandering folk figures was a man with a sense of showmanship and a keen eye for branding: Leon Ray Livingstona writer, lecturer, and transient who would go on to dub himself "King of the Hobos.". Only one man can: the famous private consulting detective Shamrock Jolnes. When jungling in town, respect handouts and do not wear them out; another hobo will be coming along who will need them as badly, if not worse than you. 1' in everything you had to do, and, Kid, take my advice, if you have to be anything in life, even if a tramp, try to be 'A-No. London had reached out to Livingston about his lifestyle in the late 19th century, and the two adventured together, as chronicled in Livingston's book From Coast to Coast with Jack London, which was published in 1917, a year after London's death. WebLeon Ray Livingston (1872 - 1944) Leon Ray Livingston was a famous hobo and author, traveling under the name "A-No.1" and often referred to as "The Rambler." Along with the County Fair and the Draft Horse Show, the Hobo Convention is the biggest thing on the Britt calendar. Millie Opitz remembers hoboes coming to her neighborhood. 1. is arguably the most famous hobo in the United States. Blue (English origin) from the anime 'Blue'. Squaw Edna The Stove-Pounder Crateneck Cassandra Lanky Beer WebOn the left is Tim Train Dittmar, 47, of southern Minnesota, who was a candidate for Hobo King in 2018. A few vacant storefronts. While drifters have always existed in human society, the term became common only after the broad adoption of railroads, a means of free travel for those willing, often out of financial constraints, to hop aboard train cars furtively in violation of the law. ), while others cause a buzz by being the the most loyal friends (Fly Guy! Everything Ive owned, and everything I want in life, fits in this house [points to his knapsack], right in my pack. Theres even a group of students down from South Dakota State University. I mean, I like hitchhiking because you get to meet a lot of different people, but the freight-train riding was like the freedom, you know? Do you remember me? he asks. Theres small talk and handshakes and thank-yous and the whole thing is as unremarkable as it sounds. or a syllabic abbreviation of "homeward bound". The writing is colorful and no doubt romanticized, making it hard to separate facts from the legend Livingston aimed to enhance. Published in 1910nearly 30 years after he left homethis book includes tales of his early life as a hobo, including one globe-trotting adventure in his first year that found him working aboard a British trade ship that set off from New Orleans for Belize, where he jumped ship and began working for a mahogany camp. His father chased him out of the house. Tidy lawns and houses. Everything he owns fits in a knapsack. He was always the one to tuck me in bed at night. Today we would merely refer to such folks as homeless. There is nothing more disgusting than a man staggering home from work dog-tiredgrabbing a hasty feverish supper; saying good-night to his family and rolling into bed half-washed, to repeat the same thing three hundred and twelve times per-year In 1940, while living in New York City, T Bone slipped off the docks near where he was staying at a boardinghouse for seamen and drowned. A circle with two parallel arrows meaning "Get out fast," as hoboes are not welcome in the area. First hobo probably rode through not long after. Britt has been an escape since I was a child. By doing so you not only help a business along, but ensure employment should you return to that town again. To get things started, hobo Luther the Jet sings what sounds like the second verse of The Star-Spangled Banner. Luther is rumored to have a PhD in French literature and a faculty chair somewhere, but is notorious for slipping away at these gatherings and does so before I can get to him. Burberry handbags are really classy and fashionable. Language historians and etymologists arent sure, but the word hobo may come from this original population of farmworkers: hoe boys.. 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Austin: Apart from the southwestern feel to it, Austin has a solid base of being an Anglo-Saxon surname. Used to be a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul line; then the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern. By 1930, when John Dos Passos writes The 42nd Parallel, the first novel of his towering U.S.A. Trilogy, the hobo is no longer just a foil or a cautionary tale, but the protagonist, often driven away from home and into the world by injustice. A martyr to corporate violence and the solidarity of labor, he remains Americas best-known hobo. So for decades it was Americas hobo home. Hes a wonderful storyteller, musician, singer. A hobo is a migrant worker in the United States. Twenty-five minutes east is Clear Lake, where Buddy Hollys plane went down; 25 minutes west is Algona, where the motels areand the McDonalds and the Hormel pepperoni plant and the factory where they make Snap-on tool boxes; 10 minutes north is the Crystal Lake Wind Farm and its long horizon of bright white turbines, and 15 minutes past that is the Winnebago factory over in Forest City. The carnies are all parked in their campers over on East Center Street, just up the block from the Toilet Bowl Racesa timed, point-to-point-to-point event involving teams of three pushing toilet bowls on wheels, the rapid consumption of popular snacks, a great deal of toilet paper and many teeny-weeny toilet trophies. Forget that where are they staying? Its a tradition that I hope will always stay alive. Funeral related questions & answers for a modern world. Because talks free; because even if you give away everything you own, or they take away everything you have, you still have your stories. And as the hobo fades from the American sceneexcept as a visual or literary clichtheres more and more confusion on the matter. According to most accounts, Livingston passed away due to heart failure in his home on April 5, 1944 around age 71, with his wife by his side. If you elect me, I will promote Britt Hobo history. Its had a hobo jungle there for a long, long time. This article is a selection from the May issue of Smithsonian magazine. In passing youll hear that Dutch owns the boxcar, and it wont matter if they mean this literally or figuratively. And every story here begins as the same story. Help your fellow hoboes whenever and wherever needed; you may need their help someday. A lovely name for your princess. In it, youll find the roots of everything and everyone from Woody Guthrie to Pete Seeger to Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs and Arlo Guthrie and John Prine, Steve Earle and Bruce Springsteen. And I did. Ryan Arndorfer, mayor, Britt, Iowa. With the rise of all things woodsy and rugged, former "hillbilly names" like Abner and Jasper, Cal and Gus, Wyatt and Waylon have been rapidly making their way back from that cartoony pigeonholing. This, in combination with increased postwar prosperity, led to a decline in the number of hoboes. They have to take you in. Your email address will not be published. And hes on wiki so hes gotta be Famous. And its worth mentioning here that not every homeless person is a hobo. It was easy to be trapped between cars, and one could freeze to death in cold weather. 1. is arguably the most famous hobo in the United States. Some hobos have both last names and occupations, as well as titles. Back in the day, plenty of American families had a brother or an uncle or a cousin who had ridden the rails, demobilized veterans, unemployed workers looking for a new start. Leon Ray Livingston Houston, Texas, U.S. Leon Ray Livingston (18721944) was a famous hobo and author, travelling under the name A-No. I have met hoboes who, in trying to catch a pal, had pursued clear across the continent and back again, and were still going. Were all here for the 118th National Hobo Convention. We used to watch guys get on and off the trains all the time, so we kind of knew how it all worked. So our kids are now grown and they come back to Britt with their kids. He was riding the rails, and stowing away on ships starting at the age of 11 and then he began to write about his journeys. ", specifically, to boil one's clothes to kill lice and their eggs; generally, to get oneself as clean as possible, indicates an individual is "Cold, Hungry, and Dry" (thirsty), keeping in constant motion so as to avoid being picked up for loitering or to keep from freezing, anything edible that grows on a riverbank, a hobo sign or mark that identifies a person or place where one can get food and a place to stay overnight, a train with priority freight, stops rarely, goes faster; synonym for "Cannonball", an area off a railroad where hoboes camp and congregate, a railroad sleeper car; most were once made by the, a young hobo who apprentices himself to an older hobo in order to learn the ways of the road, the small reserve amount of money a hobo may keep in case of an emergency, cigarette butts "sniped" (e.g., from ashtrays or sidewalks), a traveling professional thief, or burglar. 30. Its a baggy-pants vaudeville with a five oclock greasepaint shadow.) Bound for Glory is the story of singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie, and thats where the mythology of the American hobo will likely live forever, in music. Because every hobo has a story and a dream. Sally Birdman. Maybe 50 hobos in the jungle this year, and an equal number of hobo hobbyists and hobo historians and hobos-at-heart. Im not attached to anything. WebSynonyms for HOBOS: vagabonds, gypsies, tramps, mopes, strolls, dawdles, strays, ambles, saunters, straggles Ahead, check out our favorite boho baby names (we have a lot of favorites sorry in advance). Time stops. Your bindle is your bedroll. [18] Several hoboes during the days that the signs were reportedly most in use asserted that they were in fact a "popular fancy" or "a fabrication". They hold each other a long time. Long off the main line and set here years ago, it is a meeting place and a memorial, an antique keepsake and a hideout. They came back, and that was in 1973. Marc Jacobs. Joe Hill. Hes smart and forthright and there is no menace to him, but the clarity of his purpose and the rigor of his personal philosophy can be unnerving to the citizens and the straights. Always try to find work, even if temporary, and always seek out jobs nobody wants. We were just really lucky. Moon, Gypsy: "Done and Been", p. 24. Livingston's Central American exploits include anecdotes about the working conditions in the British mahogany camps, his repeated (but failed) attempts to desert his employers and head home on their dime, feasting on "roasted baboon," and his near-fatal run-in with something he called Black Swamp Fever (which could be a reference to malaria). In his 1911 book Hobo-Camp-Fire-Tales, Livingston provides drawings of 32 of these symbols and what they all meanincluding signs for "This town has saloons," "The police in this place are 'Strictly Hostile,'" and "Hostile police judge in this town. WebUrhobos, the ethnic group of people residing in the Delta State of southern Nigeria, are particular about the names they choose for their babies. By then there was plenty of social science writing about hobos too, the most famous being The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man by Nels Anderson, 1923. The origin of the term is unknown. These hobos were soon a familiar sight coast to coast. Folks come and go, but one man hovers a few feet away for a while and watches it all with interest. The Cold hobo occupation "The Guy For Whom the Eskimos Have One Hundred Different Words" refers to the popular belief that eskimos have one hundred different words that mean 'snow'. As often as not, hes up there with the younger bos, the newer riders, answering questions and giving tips. I have not been the same since. The series ran from 1954 to 1974 and featured a beautiful Rough Collie. A-No. According to Charles W. Carey, Jr.: Kellys creation of Weary Willie revolutionized professional clowning and made Tuck stands and says nothing and takes the man in his arms and everyone around the bench dissolves into tears. Advertising Notice We caught a train going the other way, and by sheer luck, it went right back to the same place we were at. [27], The use of monikers persists to this day, although since the rise of cell phones a moniker is more often used simply to "tag" a train car or location. Populations of employable Americans filled in almost every corner of the map. This page has been accessed 78,271 times. He does 2,000-3,000 pushups per day, dresses as Santa during Christmas, and is banned in certain areas within Toronto. 1: America's Most Celebrated Tramp. Jack London, in recounting his hobo days, wrote, Water-tanks are tramp directories. Born Matti Valentinpoika Huhta in 1880 to Finnish immigrant parents, he grew up in Eerie, Pennsylvania but at a young age left to travel the northern United States as a migrant worker. Others looking for work on the American frontier followed the railways west aboard freight trains in the late 19th century. The Evergreen Cemetery in Britt is bigger than you expect and this morning its all sunshine and fine blue sky. I was out front of the fire station for most of it, and caught licorice whips and bits and pieces of conversations as they went past. Don't take advantage of someone who is in a vulnerable situation, locals or other hoboes. Alexander Supertramp Christopher McCandless grew up in the suburbs of Washington DC and attended Atlantas prestigious Emory University. A tramp never works if it can be avoided; he simply travels. The little park is packed shoulder to shoulder. 1. https://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php?title=Hobo_Names&oldid=696731, Representing the Whole Mid-Atlantic Region, the Southern Officer and the Southern Gentleman, the Guy Who Causes a Temperature-Related Desire to Remove All of One's Clothing, the Guy For Whom the Eskimos Have One Hundred Different Words, the Guy With Icewater In His Veins But Probably Not Literally, the Little Fonzie (And What's Fonzie Like? Always broke but never broken, his struggles were everyones. His Little Tramp is the bittersweet flip side of radical labor politics and industrial/agrarian alienation. A hobo or bo is simply a migratory laborer; he may take some longish holidays, but soon or late he returns to work. He was riding the rails, and stowing away on ships starting at the age of 11 and then he began to write about his journeys. Van Ronk, Dave. Eventually that mobile surplus labor force became less necessary to the national economy. Theres been a railroad in and out of here since about 1870. Do not allow other hoboes to molest children; expose all molesters to authorities they are the worst garbage to infest any society. There are people out there that arent very nice. His name is Zanta and hes definitely a Hobo. Despite the freight-hopping and steamer trips and odd jobs, Livingston wasn't hurting for money; for him, hoboing was a spiritual necessity, not a financial one. He even did a TV interview up in the boxcar this year. WebGreatest Generation (before 1946) Baby Boomer (1946-1964) Generation X (1965-1984) Millennial (1982-2004) Generation Alpha (2005 till now) This is a user-written post. These time-tested popular names were taken from a universe that includes 177,238,032 male births and 172,053,794 female births. During Hobo Days, the mayor himself works at the counter. Dutch and Crash both look surprised and sheepish, but happy, in their robes and crowns. His given name is Leon Ray Livingstonand he was born in 1872 and he was a lifelong wanderer. Help all runaway children, and try to induce them to return home. And promptly the hobo to whom I gave the information lit out after his pal. And hes on wiki so hes gotta be Famous. Fewer and fewer depended on the railroad. They were scenery bums. In his decades on the road, he took to writing about his experiences, eventually self-publishing around a dozen books about his adventures; the most comprehensive was Life and Adventures of A-No. Some examples follow: Many hobo terms have become part of common language, such as "big house", "glad rags", "main drag", and others. This is very special. Now its the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad. This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 15:59. Those holy men want you to get rid of things to free yourself from wanting. Which is OK, because theyre all throwing candy at you. Often and often have I met hoboes earnestly inquiring if I had seen anywhere such and such a "stiff" or his monica. 3. Livingston says he left his house that day armed with a .22-caliber rifle and a pocket full of moneysome stolen from his mother, some a birthday gift from his uncle. He recorded tracks with Rosalie Sorrels, a famous folk singer from Idaho and penned many songs of his own, such as, Hallelujah, Im a bum, Bread and Roses, Daddy, whats a train? and Moose Turd Pie, his most famous composition, which tells the tale of his work as a gandy dancer, or rail worker, laying tracks across the Southwest. In 1905, according to Bruns, a hobo-by-choice named James Eads How established another hobo organization called the International Brotherhood Welfare Born in Sedan, in 1898, on December 9th, Emmett Leo Kelly was the son of an Irish railroad worker. I cant have it. ), the Temperature at which Revenge is Best Served, the Guy Who Likes Corpses a Little Too Much, If You Know What I Mean, the Guy With Little Mouths Where His Eyes Should Be, Who Sings Nursery Rhymes in a High-Pitched Voice While Delicately Caressing a Straight Razor, Whose Clothes Are Made out of Suspiciously Pale Leather, the Guy Made Entirely Out of Onions Or At Least That's How He Smells, the Guy Who Chain-Smokes in a Poorly Ventilated Room, the Guy Who Eats Nothing But Limburger Cheese, the Hobo Who Doesn't Have the Sense to Disregard His Own Feces, the Man Who Should Probably Change His Socks, the Man Who Should Probably Change His Underwear, Like, Now, the Man Who Uses a Rotting Fish for Aftershave, the Smelliest Hobo In the World, Probably, Who Is Extremely Funky But Not In a Good Way, the Guy Who Casually Brushes Up Against You Way Too Often for It to Be a Coincidence, the Guy Who Does Not Have a Pencil in His Pocket, the Guy Who Was Kicked Out of the Frat House for Misogynistic Behavior, the Guy Who Works the Ferris Wheel at the County Fair, the Guy Your Parents Were Specifically Referring To When They Said Not To Talk To Strangers, the Ubiquitous Music that Grates on your Ears after Two Minutes, Who Is As Frightful As the Weather Outside, Many of these names are based on the 700 hobo names featured in, The Spooky hobo nickname "gives you the jibblies" is a reference to. 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