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- Maury Graham adopted the nickname "Steam Train" in 1969, when the "Golden Spike Special" steam train came through Ohio, returning home from the 100th anniversary of the completion of the first US transcontinental railroad.
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Maury Graham adopted the nickname "Steam Train" in 1969, when the "Golden Spike Special" steam train came through Ohio, returning home from the 100th anniversary of the completion of the first US transcontinental railroad. [3] He was one of the founding members of the National Hobo Foundation.
Nov 23, 2006 · Steam Train Maury, 5-Time Hobo King, Is Dead at 89. By Douglas Martin. Nov. 23, 2006. Steam Train Maury, who started life as Maurice W. Graham until a train whistle’s timeless lament...
Jan 5, 2016 · Maury, whose real name was Maurice W. Graham, became the face of the hobo movement, whose disappearance from American life is as much a reflection of the changing...
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.
Jun 12, 1989 · Maury Graham was a day laborer in his 50s with a wife, two kids and a bum hip that kept him from laboring very much. The man who became Steam Train, the hobo king, finds it hard to stay put after ...
Jan 24, 1993 · Jan. 24, 1993 12 AM PT. TALES OF THE IRON ROAD: My Life as King of the Hobos by “Steam Train” Maury Graham and Robert J. Hemming (Paragon House: $12.95; 222 pp., illustrated). For...
Maurice W. Graham , 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.
