Why Hobos Disappeared

Looking at the history of Hart Island through the life of Hobos in the US Hart Island 0:00 Hobo Life 0:40 Hobo Community 5:06 Great Depression 8:04 Hobo Death 10:12 Let me know your thoughts and opinions. And if there is anything I can improve on. Usual there is at least one spelling mistake that will slip past me. Thank you! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lawarch #hobo #homeless #migrantworkers #train #railway #history #greatdepression Credits: Sound effects from 512 Sound Effects (8-bit style) by Juhani Junkala or in the public domain Other sound effects obtained from Zapsplat and Pixabay Main Sources: The Hobo: The Sociology Of The Homeless Man - Nels Anderson (1923) Hobohemia on West Madison Street - Univesity Of Illinois (2017) Dead of AIDS and Forgotten in Potter’s Field - Corey Kilgannon, NYT (2018) A Million Bodies Are Buried Here. Now It’s Becoming a Park - Corey Kilgannon, NYT (2023) T-Bone Slim and the transnational poetics of the migrant left in North America - University of Helsinki (2025) Subcultures and Sociology: Hobos - Grinnell College The Hart Island Project