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Maurice W. Graham (June 3, 1917 – November 18, 2006), also known as Steam Train Maury, was the five-time holder of the title "King of the Hobos", [1] and was later known as "Patriarch of the Hobos". [2] Born to a broken home in Ohio, he was shunted from father to mother to aunt to married siblings. In 1931, at the age of 14, Graham began ...
Arian Schuessler, The Globe Gazette"King of the Hoboes" Maurice Graham, also known as "Steam Train Maury," was crowned "Grand Patriarch" in 2004. NAPOLEON, Ohio (Nov. 21) - Maurice Graham, who began hitching rides on trains as a teenager and was known as the "King of the Hobos," has died at the age of 89.
Nov 22, 2006 · Nicknamed “Steam Train Maury,” Graham was a founding member of the National Hobo Foundation and helped establish the Hobo Museum in Britt, Iowa. “What gets you hooked is the outdoors ...
Nov. 21, 2006, 3:36 PM PST / Source: The Associated Press. Maurice Graham, who began hitching rides on trains as a teenager and was known as the “King of the Hobos,” has died at the age of 89 ...
Jan 5, 2016 · In 1990, Maury penned a book, Tales of the Iron Road: My Life as King of the Hobos. When a hobo dies, he is said to have “taken the westbound,” and on November 18, 2006, 89-year-old Maury ...
Nov 23, 2006 · Steam Train Maury, who started life as Maurice W. Graham until a train whistle's timeless lament compelled him to hop a freight to freedom and, much later, fame, as the first and only Grand ...
Feb 9, 2013 · I was in the café atrium sipping Dutch coffee one morning when I saw a headlined obituary in the International Herald Tribune newspaper for Steam Train Maury Graham, the Grand Patriarch of the Hobo Nation. I’d never heard of him, but I read his obituary and it grabbed me, he grabbed me, and I knew I’d found the thread of the song I should ...
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