Buckeye, Arizona -
Hobo Joe Statue

Fiberglass statue of a fellow down on his luck. Sports adorable rope belt and exudes dignified presence of the dispossessed.

Address:
1045 E. Monroe Ave., Buckeye, AZ
Directions:
Stands outside Buckeye Meats Co. East edge of town, on the south side of E. Monroe Ave. where it intersects S. Apache Rd, and just south of the police station on Hwy 85.

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Hobo Joe. Hobo Joe

Because of the story I saw on this website, I decided to drive the 40 minutes to see Hobo Joe. Well, I'm here to report that he is still proudly standing and looks in very good shape. It's in the quaint town of Buckeye, AZ approx. 50 minutes west of downtown Phoenix. It's worth the drive to visit a bygone era. [PhotogJerry, 06/21/2010]

[RA: Built in the 1980s, the 25-foot-tall vagabond was meant to stand in front of a Hobo Joe's coffee shop. But the chain went belly-up and the sculptor, Marvin Ransdell, died. The statue was erected here in 1989 by a friend of Ransdell, who owns of the slaughterhouse behind it.]

Hobo Joe statue

Regarding the puzzlement over the Hobo Joe statue: It's a larger-scale version of almost life-size statues of Hobo Joe that used to stand in front of Hobo Joe's coffee shops, a former Arizona chain partly owned by Barry Goldwater's brother, Robert. I visited it today. It's still in good repair. [doc, 04/20/2005]

Buckeye Hobo.  Hobo Joe Statue

A huge fiberglass Hobo resides in Buckeye, Arizona. I'm sorry that I can't relate any other details about his origin. You could probably contact Ray Gillum. -- his name is on the attached plaque and he runs a meat market in Buckeye. The hobo stands on the southeast side of the city at the corner of Monroe and Cemetery road. [Bryce LeGrand, 07/23/2000]

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