Top 10 Surprising Facts About The Hobo! [1930s Depression Era ]

[@WayPointSurvival]

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[@davidjacobs828]

Stop talking about hobos please, you're a survival channel . I will remain subscribed to see if you revert to doing real survivalist videos ... You're gelreat at survival gear builds and survival gear reviews . The hobo subject has not got enough content to sustain your channel.

[@WayPointSurvival]

@davidjacobs828 the hobos were true survivalists in almost every sense. That's why we are studying them.

[@davidjacobs828]

@@WayPointSurvival OK, I agree but how many videos are required on the hobo subject ?

[@WayPointSurvival]

@davidjacobs828 That depends. I want to showcase the survival skills that they used, etc. but first, I have to build the base of tools and supplies that they used.

[@thankmelater1254]

@@WayPointSurvival A book I read long ago told of one particular danger faced when riding the rails; the train guards would attempt to remove riders who were riding underneath the train cars using a rolling pin tied to a line, and drag the pin under the train car, moving it back and forth and sideways as it smashed up and down. Brutal.

[@bobg.8954]

Ya know James, this reminds me of when I was homeless. I had a job but nowhere to call home, so I picked a bridge that was close to work and moved in underneath. There was about 5 other guys and none of them had anything to do with me for about 2 weeks, then they realized I was working just like them and I became part of the "Brotherhood" and I was accepted. I would help them on bad days and they helped me in return, on Friday when we all got paid, we would grill and buy beer or soft drinks and enjoy the stories of the week. Thanks for the memories James, I appreciate it.

[@dianatrott5359]

I was a loner as a child and would often hike down to the Mississippi River bluffs south of St. Louis, MO near where I lived. One day, when I was about 10, I discovered a hidden encampment of 4 hobos. I had no fear of strangers back then. They were very nice to me. I saw their tin can stoves, bed rolls, and brush hideouts. They were from different States and told me they were travelers. After chatting a while, they told me I really shouldn't be wandering off to the river by myself again. They were worried wild animals or bad people might harm me or I could fall and no one would ever find me. They they sent me home and made me promise never to tell my parents that I had found them, because my parents may never let me out of the house again. :-D. I listened to them, and never did it again. I'll never forget that experience in 1964. It was magical.

[@WayPointSurvival]

What a very cool story! Thanks so much for watching the video and for sharing it.

[@dianatrott5359]

@@WayPointSurvival YW. Your video are great!

[@Cubestone]

A friend and I rode the rails and hitchhiked across the country the first summer after highschool. (Early 1970s) What a great adventure! One thing, with regard to packing, that made this life work well was bib overalls. The multitude of pockets in the overalls, along with the jeans underneath, allowed us to carry all of our basics and still have hands free to grab a train. We stuffed our army surplus blankets down the back of the overalls further reducing bulk which could stick out and snag like a backpack would. When walking and needing to be cooler we took the overalls off and made them into packs by tying the legs together and slinging the straps over shoulders. I have a lot of experiences to remember from that self reliance time. I thought the overalls would be a useful addition to your tips.

[@dianatrott5359]

@@Cubestone Great tips. Brilliant idea for the overalls! May use mine if I have to bug out.

[@Cubestone]

@@dianatrott5359 Thanks for the reply. Wondered where my post got off to. Really enjoyed your story.

[@johng7055]

My grandfather ran away from home at 15. His coal miner father was killed on the job. His mother remarried an alcoholic. So in 1928 at 15 he hopped a train in SW Ohio. Worked his way across the country. Ended up a cook in the Pacific NW logging camps. Then worked his way south, found a uncle. Put himself through business college. Graduated just before he was 19. This in the 1930's turned into a traveling butcher, helping farmers butcher cattle and pigs for home use. WW2 broke out he joined the Army ski patrol as a cook. Invaded Italy. After the war. He worked as a union butcher in a grocery store, until he retired in the late 70's. Being brave enough to hop that train shaped his entire life. He could have died in the mines like his dad.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Wow, that's a very cool story! Thanks so much for watching the video and for sharing it with us all!

[@sledawgpilot]

What a role model for his family. Thanks for that!

[@LIZZIE-lizzie]

Great story of the one you love‼️ Thank you for sharing 💯 ❤️

[@michalurbanful]

Very interesting story! They don't make men like those anymore. (That's what a friend of mine says about his late father who among other things had been "forcibly deployed" into uranium mines by the commies that used to rule here back in the former Czechoslovakia - but survived and managed to not bend his back. My friend admires his dad very much still.)

[@loveblues9633]

Thanks for sharing the story, im a butcher myself aswel now at the age of 21, living alone in my own place for the first time, so this story hits home for me.

[@highenergyog]

My parents abandoned me to be raised through the governments group homes and the “safety net” system , at the age of 16 and after 8 years and a dozen group homes I was released from the care system and given a bus ticket back to the last city I had lived in before I was taken /given to the childcare system. To put it nicely they placed me into homelessness with zero support because they no longer received money for my care after the age of 16 . I’m 63 now and remember quite well my time/times as a hobo hoping trains and even stowing away in bus luggage compartments.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Sorry you had such a rough start, but I'm sure that you have some great stories now to share with your loved ones!

[@tomritter493]

Hard story sir thanks for sharing with us God bless

[@highenergyog]

@@WayPointSurvival Thank you .

[@THESPORTINGCAMP]

You are smarter and wiser than many if not most on this platform. Thank you for sharing your story. 🤝

[@Velociraptor-ym7oc]

Yeah same but I'm 42 ,the government does nothing for you, there's an emergency line in my state to help with homelessness yet when you call said line it sounds like they are going to help,for them to just say "ok we have placed you on a waiting list expect a call between 2 or 3 months," sure thank you we'll wait trough the freezing winter for your phone call . Useless!!! Literally a useless system. Then they wonder why people do bad things out of desperation... disgusting system🤮

[@jordynnmorrow1578]

When I was a kid my mawmaw and I were flipping through the old family Bible and we came across a picture of her dad, he was leading a mule and had on an old hat and overalls, I noticed that one pant leg was rolled up and sticking out was a wooden peg leg, I asked my mawmaw how he had lost his leg and she said back in the day he and many other men in the community would “hobo” on trains to go from one place to another and that once while attempting to jump on a moving train he slipped and his leg was quickly removed by the locomotive, didn’t seem to slow him down much, he would still work his fields, and get to church alright lol, really enjoy the hobo videos!

[@justincornelius8178]

America needs strong people with strong values again. Not left or right but just honeat and hard working.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Absolutely!

[@lordgarion514]

I wouldn't say the bad morals are any worse than in the past. Up till the end of the 1950's, married women were considered more property of her husband then anything else. And let not talk about the time of slavery, or the deep level of racism that didn't start to end until the 1970's. We have different social issues, but again, I wouldn't say any worse than in the past. Just different.

[@erikkibler3466]

They said strong values.peoples moral compasses are def tipped to the me and not the we like it was in past times.

[@mommabearonthego]

Well said!

[@noonenowhere6920]

I can't help but feel like hard times are coming from us all. Hobo skills are about to make a huge comeback. You Sir, are ahead of your time. IMO

[@paulworgan6599]

I love that! Treat others with dignity and respect

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@snowjoe43]

Good luck on the Hobo series James. I’m 80 years old now but I fondly remember the hobos that hung out at the Railroad yard in my hometown.

[@carolhornby2496]

My grandmother told me that she lived in the country during the Depression. People would come to the house, and her dog would decide if they were ok or not. If the dog approved, she would have them do some work, feed them, and then they would be on their way.

[@spiritsuit7846]

I grew up around my ww2/great depression era grandparents. I remember that as a kid whenever anyone came to the door my Nana and me would hide because of "the hobos at the door". When she grew up her mother, my great grandmother, would have the 8 kids hide because they had nothing to share, were immigrants, and were afraid of strangers intentions since she was alone while my great grand father worked long days. She also didnt speak english. My Nana never lost that fear and as a kid i found it funny. But I now hide my kids whenever someone comes to the door :) thats how hobos have effected my life. Which is why i find your series so good...finally learning some truths.

[@danielmeany7426]

Thank you, James. I really appreciate your shows. Sadly, a lot of people think a hobo is just the same as a bum. Thank you for the history.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Yes, such an important part of our country's history that has been mostly forgotten.

[@thankmelater1254]

They say that hobos travel and work, tramps travel but don't work, and bums don't travel and don't work.

[@prasaite]

@@thankmelater1254 tramps travel and work only if they have

[@tomjeffersonwasright2288]

Some were a mix of bum, hobo, and tramp...plus others.

[@prasaite]

@@tomjeffersonwasright2288 Life can verify every definition.

[@americancountryboy6404]

My great granddad was a hobo who traveled the tracks, he told us a lot of great stories which were true how to build fires to stay warm, how they would jump off the train and work at someone's home just to get a biscuit, some of the greatest stories I've ever heard in my life,

[@WayPointSurvival]

That's wonderful! So sad that those great men and women have passed on and many of their stories all but forgotten.

[@branch_preparedness]

I'm glad that you're continuing to focus on this forgotten culture. They developed a lot of skills and experience that we can learn to apply. Great job.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much, my friend!

[@wtexascowboy1]

There’s a modern day hobo who’s been traveling the rails for over 30 years. I think it would make a great video for you to connect with him. His name is Hobo Shoestring and he has his channel on KZbin also. They’ve got a song about him. You have great videos and I hope you continue.

[@paulworgan6599]

Whoa! The story continues

[@Debbie-zy9vb]

What He said about "HOBO JUNGLES" is no exaggeration. In "TEXARKANA", Believe it or not there is a park there called: "HOBO JUNGLE PARK". And the park got that name for exactly that very reason. Thank you JIM for all the history you have given people of today about the times of yesteryear when times were better than those of today.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome and thanks for watching the video!

[@Debbie-zy9vb]

@@WayPointSurvival It's our pleasure to see proof that we are not the only ones who love the old times, and know how to enjoy hard times both.

[@keithnavarro2930]

James, I could watch these hobo videos for hours. Thank you. Have you ever described, in detail, what a hobo jungle was, what made a good site and how their locations were shared?

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks! Those are in the works...

[@TimeToStartOver]

It's sad that German Wikipedia says that hobos basically were a bunch of homeless people traveling around the country avoiding to pay for tickets. Thanks for your awesome videos, James! Greetings from beautiful Bavaria! ✌😊

[@ianatkins1213]

These pieces are very interesting, sitting in 🇦🇺. Respect for the Hobo’s resilience, skills and ability to make the most out of what they had. Makes me grateful for what I have and I take onboard any tips that I can use.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Well said!

[@craigeckhoff99]

50 years a hobo. Love, love this series. There's a movie called "The Emperor of the North Pole " that some may have seen. As Hollywood goes not too far off the mark. It's based on a "dime" novel written by the hobo A No.1. "From Coast to Coast with Jack London ". A No.1 was a scholar, writer, and adventurer real name Leon Ray Livingston. Jack London was a teenager who was going by the nickname " Cigarette " and hooked up with A No.1 in the 1890s to travel from NYC to the west coast. Jack London continued his journeys and on to become a famous writer. Mr Leon even as a hobo was known for always wearing a suit and being very clean. One of the reasons hobos were often imagined in a old suit with a " bindle "

[@WayPointSurvival]

Yes, thank you so much for watching. I really appreciate the kind words and the support!

[@jamessotherden5909]

51 years ago when I was a young man, I worked with a gentleman who was with the CCC during the depression. He said he did a lot of work up in the Adirondack mountains building things.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Very cool!

[@stanlindert6332]

Fruit tramps came to my dads apple orchard every year. Many were vets from WW2. They often had crafts that were given to us kids on birthdays.

[@randy-9842]

Thanks, James! I've seen a number of CCC projects (bridges, parks even buildings) and many of them are still standing. They did some much needed work and they did it very well !

[@starlingblack814]

Thanks James for the video. As a boy I once saw a hobo on a train passing through our small town; his image intrigued me, as well as haunted me.

[@curtismarean6963]

Another great vid! It's about time someone gave these folks their due! My grandfather used to hire hobos to cut fire wood for him, my dad said that he didn't mind it because they were willing to work for a place to sleep and a meal. I guess he had some respect for them, so did my dad. Here in maine they say they would show up for the blueberry harvest. Thanks for giving these folks their due.

[@johnsandell4501]

Great episode. Maury Graham Hobo King would give you a slap on the back for telling folks about hobos. He taught me cement finishing at Ft.Belvoir prior to my '71 discharge. He told us soldiers just what you are showing. Thanks.👍👍👍

[@thomasadisciple]

Im stealth camping on a cliff above a beach and a railroad track as i watch this! Thank you for what you do.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching and be safe out there!

[@Wdstroud]

Love your whole Hobo series. Thanks.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@barneybrady549]

1st comment. I like these hobo videos. Good history that needs to be told

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you like them!

[@Hobomountainwander]

Another solid video. You definitely keep my passion alive for being a modern hobo.

[@runzoni]

Dude you are my new hero. Thank you so much for living this lifestyle and for educating humans. Good show! 💚💚💚

[@WayPointSurvival]

Wow, thank you!

[@trudymiller9248]

My mother told me a story about my grandmother. When she was a child she remembered several times when a hobo would knock on the door and ask her mother for a cup of flour or a potato or something like that. One day when the person asked for flour, she gave it to him and asked why they always ask for one specific thing. Sometimes the person would ask for nothing but lard. The man told her that there was a group of Hobo's down at the tracks. He said they would split up into smaller groups and then each group would go into a neighborhood knock on doors and ask for a specific. His group's item for this trip was flour. Another group was out asking for a cup of beans from the neighborhood they we're in. Once they had enough of what they needed they would meet back at the hobo camp and put it all together and make dinner. He told her they would use the flour to make bums bread. He told my great-grandmother how to make it. She taught my grandmother, she taught my mother and my mother taught me. I still make it, and passing it down to my kids.

[@WayPointSurvival]

That's very cool! I would love to know the recipe if you don't mind sharing it with me.

[@taikajorma7276]

Do you have a recipe fo those bread, would appreciate it

[@JohnDoeRando]

C'mon, give us the recipe.... Pretty please?

[@DaeViZ0n3]

Thank you James :) have a great rest of the week

[@wayneburbage8900]

Good job on representing the Hobo culture. In this series.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@ErsatzMcGuffin]

NIce vid. Thank You! You do your fellow Americans a great service.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@23sunderland]

In England I lived and travelled on the road a roofer by trade . Your name bender is a shelter made of Hazel as they bend and can be commonly found as Hazel grows everywhere. You cut the Hazel or coppice the Hazel dig one end in the ground and then bend the Hazel over forming a dome . Strip bark of Hazel to form a chord to tie it then throw a tarp over it and a pallet for a floor giving you a shelter even make a burner out of an old fire extinguisher too if brave enough

[@paulworgan6599]

Wow so an occupational name?

[@winstonernest2315]

BRAVO! I'M 75 NAM VET SO I'VE HEARD THE STORIES OF THE DEPRESSION AND HARD TIMES BUT THIS IS THE BEST SORY EVER! THANK YOU YOUNG MAN! BRAVO!

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome and thanks for watching!

[@krishoogstraat6866]

As always James love the Hobo videos. My Dad had told me how a house my grandparents lived in was a marked house. As hen a hobo would stop my Oma would give them a sandwich and a cup of coffee. My Dad was very young when they lived there. But could remember them stopping.

[@larryhoover7389]

Thank You for these Hobo videos. A very interesting and important part of our history. Please keep up the good work.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks, will do!

[@danielsmith4090]

Thank you for doing this series and shedding light on Hobo culture. I never knew exactly what a hobo was. Probably like a lot of people I thought they were tramps or bums but it turns out, they were much more than that. Honest Americans.👍

[@debluetailfly]

Lots of soldiers hopped freight trains to get home while on leave. I never heard my father say if he did or not, but I think an aunt mentioned he hopped a train to get home sometimes. Pretty sure his brother did it a lot. Sometimes guys would hop a train on a whim. My Dad laughed about a friend who decided to hop a train while wearing a white suit! I remember a man who told stories about how as a child he would wander to a hobo camp near a rail yard and visit with them. He knew better than to let his mother know he did that. There was a code developed by hobos that they would mark on buidings and fences. It could say don't go to this place, or this place is good to get something to eat.

[@tomritter493]

Loveing this series jim as i said dad hobod so im learning a bit at why he was like he was

[@WayPointSurvival]

Very cool. I'm glad that I can provide a little bit of insight.

[@ReggieWilhelmson]

Great info, learned a lot!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@ronaldrose7593]

Hello 👋 James, sincere thanks for sharing sharing this touching story. Our current society is not far from another depression. Back in the late 30s my Dad worked with the CCC. Stay safe.😊

[@karlbesser1696]

Even though it was a hard life, it certainly wasn't as boring as the hamster wheel life of today.

[@benterwellen]

James, Great series…ty

[@KevinsCampingAdventure]

Terrific video. I love to learn new things. Thanks it's a pleasure to watch your videos.

[@cincoy3679]

My uncles where Hobos. But they where working men they would follow the crops and work on farms. All around the USA and the train was the only way around. I will never forget there story’s and hard life ..A lot of men would do that there was no work around there town .. I just don’t understand how people think we had to do easy.

[@titanostrongman]

Another great hobo video. I’ve mentioned my train hopping life on here before and much of what you said still rings true today. I used to travel with a 15ish pound Alice pack and have woken up with several inches of snow on my sleeping bag, slept in swamps in Florida pretending my tarp burrito would shield ,e from you can imagine what. Hoping trains and especially hitch hiking through Ohio is one of the strangest places ever. Have you tried it ? Take care

[@moorshound3243]

This is such a great video series thank you for doing these videos.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you like them!

[@AB-ye7bw]

Emperor of the North - 1973 , Great movie all about the hobo life. Riding the rails back in the day. Running into railroad enforcement bulls.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching and for sharing this in the comments!

[@edsomers7814]

Very informative video.thanks😊😊☮️

[@stevestumpy6873]

When asked how many Hobos are working here, the reply was, "about half of them".

[@WayPointSurvival]

Lol. Thanks for watching!

[@zippydoo9533]

One of my favorite movies was Emperor of the North starring Lee Marvin. The movie was about an older Hobo who tried to teach a young person how to survive on the rails riding box cars and how to outwit railroad police.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Yes, that was common back in the day for an older hobo to take a younger one under his wing and teach him the ropes as it were.

[@bettyboop9148]

That was a wonderful video. Thank you for sharing this message

[@WayPointSurvival]

You are so welcome!

[@Blrtech77]

James Once Again Another Great Video and Thanks For Sharing A Cool History Lesson! Stay Safe and God Bless.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You are most welcome and God bless you too!

[@southernlandsolo7839]

Keep them coming James. Great series.

[@alanzaleski7160]

I enjoy your presentations. A very interesting subject. Thank you very much.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're very welcome!

[@artawhirler]

Great video! Thanks! And also - I love that hat you're wearing! Wish I could find one like that!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks! It's just an old Fedora that I picked up at a Salvation Army store.

[@clayjohnson-ry8lt]

Great history lesson love it

[@bakonax7080]

Great video, I really enjoy niche history and the hobos are unfortunately mostly forgotten in most talks about the past, hugely interesting people. Can you please make more videos about their history? Love your channel

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks, I have over 30 videos on the topic now and I'm planning on doing more.

[@gray5627]

One of my very favorite places on earth, Clear Creek State Park in PA was a Civilian Conservation Corp project. The cabins are still in use by many folks, and the trails are still a treat! Thanks for sharing. :-)

[@jhallack7491]

Interesting and educational too! Thanks!!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@billwolfram412]

Many Thanks !!!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@susanp.collins7834]

James, just so you know - today I popped into our local hardware store and bought a pair of tin snips! They are actually called Aviation Snips and they are Left. I am left-handed myself but I actually cut using scissors with my right hand. I hope these work for me. I also have a nice collection of tins so I can start to practice. Few people appear to be as deft with old tin cans as you are. So - wish me luck!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Excellent!

[@michalurbanful]

I wouldn't call most of these facts "surprising", but all are truly interesting. Thank you for another great video! :) PS: I also find interesting the views we see in this video. Many parts of America look very different from those in "my" Czech Republic - but the part seen in this video looks like it was filmed almost behind my house :)

[@jeanadamsick9854]

GREET TALK!!! Do take care. Fl.

[@airford13]

this was quite interesting! thanks!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@GuillaumeCroteau-tm9ek]

Really like this série you are a great historian

[@phaedrabacker2004]

Hobo skills and morals are important.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Absolutely!

[@mortykatz2236]

Such great information thank you

[@WayPointSurvival]

You are so welcome!

[@justincornelius8178]

The hobos described are fasinating and strong. The way things are now I hope we can be strong like them too.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Indeed!

[@Stray1One]

Cheers man,

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching!

[@Thomas-n4r]

I grew up next to the railroad tracks. Just a short spur line up to the prairie for hauling grain. Camas prairie rr aka the rr on stilts. When i grew up(00s) we never saw any hobos but im pretty sure some camping remenants survived. We had a spot near the grain elevator called "monkey hump" which was a forested hill near the tracks. Neighborhood kids used to play down there but I think it was a hobo jungle in the day. You could see the old fire pit, a bunch of cans, ect. As a teen we walked the tracks a few miles and found a "fort" which we improved and dug out. We found a bunch of old tools and trash there. The powers that be came by and now monkey hump is leveled, paved over and the city keeps the snowplows there in a big shed. I don't think there was ever a big hobo population there because the railroad was a dead end and never improved but certainly in the day transient workers would have came to help the grain harvest.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Very interesting!

[@lesamos8900]

Another great video thank you

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@vaxdemic5944]

One thing that enabled packing light was having various cashes of assets... kept off person and hidden until needed

[@tomcondon6169]

A great movie about the Era was, "Emperor of the North," with Lee Marvin as A#1, and Keith Carridine as Cigaret. Ernest Borgnine was the bull, Shack.

[@AlpineForge9600]

Thanks

[@donl1410]

Another interesting episode.

[@Debbie-zy9vb]

Me and my Boyfriend especially are GOING BONKERS we love this guy so much for telling the TRUTH about how hard times does not drive a person into DRUGS, METH, WEED: PEOPLE THEMSELVES CHOSE THAT TYPE OF LIFESTYLE!!! At the same time He is extremely saddened as this also gives proof to what He has been saying for many years: "DRUGS, METH, WEED, POLICIES, GREED, and RICH SNOBS" Have DESTROYED this country from the GOOD OLE DAYS OF YESTERYEAR. Many a songs have been written about the HOBO. And not only that there also was a famous Country/Western singer who glorified the HOBO, That Man's name was: "BOXCAR WILLIE". This also goes to prove what He has said for many years: "PEOPLE DON'T NEED FANCY CARS, COMPUTERS, HOUSES, TONS OF DOLLARS, or DRUGS/METH/WEED In order to SURVIVE and be HAPPY".

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much! I'm glad that you are enjoying the video series!

[@MichaelR58]

Good video, thanks for sharing, God bless brother !

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks and God bless you too!

[@JackFelker]

As a young teenager I used to jump trains and travel around in the summers. It was fun, exciting and I learned a great deal about life and people. I found older people to be more accepting of me and I would work for food and a place to sleep the night.

[@jamiejack764]

Wonderful content

[@Charles.Spillman]

1st comment, 1st view, and 1st like. Your content is very informative and helpful

[@WayPointSurvival]

I'm glad that you liked it!

[@joemccallister4883]

This has been a really good series for your channel. Howsabout chalk marks?

[@Georgecobb-s1v]

Thank you, James, not only for another excellent video in which the values of hard work and confronting the challenges of life are emphasized, but also for your Christ-like Compassion for hardworking people who have endured more than their fair share of hardships in life! May God bless you, and to God be the glory!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Amen and may God bless you as well, my friend!

[@alimfuzzy]

I know not a hobo video but it would be interesting to know some tricks or similarities to today of how people survived during the great depression. Perhaps teach people struggling today that they did back then. I know that's the kind of thing news stories like to pick, maybe could go viral

[@oreocarlton3343]

Fascinating bushcraft history, could you do more about travel in older times, 18th century Europe and America? It was an extreme sport back then

[@WayPointSurvival]

Have you watched my 1790s series?

[@oreocarlton3343]

@@WayPointSurvival I wasnt aware it was up, Ill look it up, thanks!

[@martinyeakay2260]

I enjoy watching where I used to live a half a block from the train tracks and there was

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@seedy-waney-bonnie4906]

I like your hat.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks! I found it at a Salvation Army store!

[@seedy-waney-bonnie4906]

Right on. @@WayPointSurvival

[@mr._janvideos9381]

More about hobo 👍👍👍🙏

[@hamm336]

2st comment. Great video. Please keep up the great videos. This is Hamm from Kennewick Washington.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you! Will do!

[@Motorcyclefisherman]

I think Henry Fonda does a little rail riding in the movie grapes of wrath

[@jwnomad]

Yep, we still need mobile seasonal workers for food production. In Australia we let people in with working holiday visas to do that hard work for us

[@erinhellebuyck7527]

Thank you 😊

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome 😊

[@aaron2709]

Great video.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mortykatz8818]

Very interesting video

[@peter-fuppe-fuchs]

Just a curious question, r u going to make more episodes of the 1790's survival series? I just love it, it goes on repeat every night.....

[@WayPointSurvival]

At this point, the future of the series is uncertain as there wasn't a lot of support and funding for it.

[@PorchHonkey]

Had a great uncle who worked with the ccc for a while before going into the service.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Very cool!

[@canadafree2087]

Love your Hobo videos. Never took a solid interest until a KZbinr called himself a Hobo Prepper before changing his name again. He is a modern day homeless person but has traveled by bike and hiking, now looking into trains for his first time. Times have changed but people are still on the rails. Where they interest me is in how they can survive on little, not so much the riding on the trains illegally. Where have you gotten your info? It seems like everything came from The Hobo Handbook I just read. Do you recommend other books? PS: Nov 1 and it is snowing in Canada now; Canada is harsh all around in the winter.

[@WayPointSurvival]

There are a lot of books where you can find information on hobos as well as signing up for newspapers.com which gives you access to articles over a couple hundred year period of time.