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Events include a Hobo 5K & Hobo 10K Walk/Run, Hobo King & Hobo Queen coronation, Hobo Museum, Hobo Auction, Hobo Memorial Service, Hobo Sunday Outdoor Church Service, Hobo Classic Car Show, Hobo Arts and Crafts Show and various hobo musical entertainment. The Hobo Jungle is open to the
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Hobo Convention - Tired of the sedentary life? Hitch a train to Iowa (article)
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is held on the second weekend of every August since 1900 in the town of
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Moon, Gypsy: "Done and Been", p. 24. Indiana University Press, 1996.
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