Woody Guthrie

(Wikipedia) Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter and folk musician whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his guitar. His best-known song is "This Land Is Your Land." Many of his recorded songs are archived in the Library of Congress.
Such songwriters as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Pete Seeger, Joe Strummer, Billy Bragg, Jeff Tweedy and Tom Paxton have acknowledged Guthrie as a major influence. Continued

The Big Rock Candy Mountain

Remembering the MA&PA Railroad

(Aegis) ... The most accommodating railroad men in the world must have worked on the Ma and Pa. They would wait for regular passengers and they could be flagged down at almost any spot to pick up more travelers. The engineers and the firemen always waved to us and often treated us to an extra toot on the diesel's horn or an ear-splitting blast on the steam whistle when the freights went by with throttle wide open. That meant, of course, that the Ma and Pa was hurtling along at 20 miles an hour on the down grade. Continued

Photo: MA&PA Railroad, Forrest Hill, Maryland by unknown photographer (MDRails).

Potters Field in Childs: The Final Resting Place for Paupers

(WoCCP) The Cecil County Potter’s Field, the final resting place for paupers who couldn’t afford a burial, is located across from Mt. Aviat Academy. On the grounds of what was the county poorhouse, it contains some 150 to 200 unmarked graves. The Alms House, as it was also known, opened about 1776 and closed in 1952 when the county put the property up for sale. It was purchased by Elk Paper Manufacturing Company and the new owner donated part of the tract to the Oblate Sisters for Mt. Aviat Academy, a school. Continued

Photo: "Two hobos walking along railroad tracks, after being put off a train" (George Grantham Bain Collection/Library of Congress).