Gatherings

[Modern day hobo]

besides the hobo convention in Britt, are there any serious gatherings out there for tramp riders?

 

[Johnny P]

Black Butte..same time as dunsmuir's railroad days. Britt is a joke.

 

[Johnny P]

Moving this to General Banter...not a news article at all..

 

[Modern day hobo]

Black Butte..same time as dunsmuir's railroad days. Britt is a joke.

Thanks for the feedback, Hopefully I can make it to Black Bute this summer...I was in Britt last August...except the old hoboes who stick with the ritual aspect, there were few current youthful riders...very few...

 

[Johnny P]

Well because a lot of the youth riders act like dicks and don't respect the old code. Britt isn't quite the scene where you can get wasted and act like a retard...

 

[Modern day hobo]

Well because a lot of the youth riders act like dicks and don't respect the old code. Britt isn't quite the scene where you can get wasted and act like a retard...

The old code was respected, even by the few current riders who were there ! It was actually very welcoming that hobo jungle

 

[Johnny P]

Britt is where they layed down the old code into writing. I would hope it was respected there

 

[Deleted member 20]

Britt is where they layed down the old code into writing

I thought that as well but heard an NPR program that said Saint Louis?::

 

[Johnny P]

I thought that as well but heard an NPR program that said Saint Louis?::

Pretty sure it was done in Britt by the Tourist Union 63 back in the early 1900s. NPR can be wrong sometimes I'm sure

 

[Deleted member 20]

This is also what wikipedia says

An ethical code was created by Tourist Union #63 during its 1889 National Hobo Convention in St. Louis Missouri

Tourist Union #63 wasnt invited to Britt until 1900
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo#Conventions

 

[Johnny P]

Hmm..I didn't know that...but Wikipedia is wrong sometimes

 

[Modern day hobo]

That tourist Union 63 card is a way of allowing hanging around at the hobo jungle near the boxcar for the attendees...but do u know by any chance the content of the written ethical code? Besides be yourself

 

[Johnny P]

https://squattheplanet.com/threads/a-little-hobo-history-hobo-ethical-code.5483/