hobo jungles
Transient outdoor encampments
Hobo jungles were makeshift camps where itinerant workers and homeless travelers gathered, typically near railroad tracks or on the outskirts of towns.
Most associated with the Great Depression era, these encampments provided temporary shelter and a sense of community for those riding the rails in search of work.
Residents shared resources, cooked over open fires, and exchanged information about jobs or hostile towns.
The men huddled around a fire in the hobo jungle, waiting for the next freight train.
- vagabondHomeless, aimless wanderer
- migrantOne who relocates
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- itinerantMoving for work
- encampmentTemporary military or refugee settlement
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