Soledad a coastal California city about 130 miles south of San Francisco.
Salinas River a river that flows through Soledad and into Monterey Bay.
juncture a point or line of joining or connection.
mottled marked with blotches, streaks, and spots of different colors or shades.
recumbent biologically designating a part that leans or lies upon some other part or surface.
'coons short for "raccoons."
heron any of various wading birds with a long neck, long legs, and a long, tapered bill, living along marshes and river banks.
sweat-band a band, as of leather, inside a hat to protect the hat against damage from sweat.
bindle [Slang] a bundle, as of bedding, carried by a hobo.
morosely sullenly; gloomily.
work card a card with a job assignment usually given to workers by an employment agency. It is then presented to the employer by the worker.
Weed a northern California mining town.
bucking grain bags throwing heavy burlap bags of grain into a truck or wagon.
cat house [Slang] a house of prostitution.
jack [Old Slang] money.
Sacramento capital of California.
