Riding the Rails
- Increasing numbers on the rails
- Reasons for leaving home
- Food and a place to rest
- Hobo Language
- Dangers on the rails
- Federal Emergency Relief Act
- Federal Transient Relief Service
- Civilian Conservation Corps
- National Youth Administration
- For More Information
It was 1932 in the United States. Hard times of the Great Depression had hit. Pulling into a rail yard of a small town on an early misty morning was a long freight train. Even before the train came to a complete stop,...
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