Great Depression and New Deal Almanac | 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, shadowy...