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The Battle of Hobo Run: The March to Washington that Ended in Cheektowaga

By Thomas M. Tarapacki - February 12, 2020

The Panic of 1893 moved a number of "industrial armies" to act on their economic troubles by marching on Washington.  One of these groups only got as far as Cheektowaga, however.

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