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C. L. Lewis talks of life in Clarendon during its early years. 

==General Interview Information==

'''Interviewee Name:''' C.L. Lewis 

'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' None

'''Date:''' February 15, 1978

'''Location:''' Clarendon, Texas

'''Interviewer:''' Bobby Weaver

'''Length:''' 45 minutes


==Abstract==

'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' West Texas (1907),
Father,
Farmer,
Raising melons,
Ranches,
Cattle breeds,
Born (1899),
Water,
Windmills,
Irrigation,
Winter (1918-1919),
School,
Community Christmas,
Church,
4th of July celebration,
Fair (starting 1934),
4-H Club,
Registered bull sale,
Early Clarendon, Texas,
Town location moved,
Depression,
Sandstorms,
Prohibition,
Dry county,
College in Clarendon.
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:''' Race horses,
Horse shows,
Cattle,
Dr. Tate’s medicine show,
Doctors,
Flu epidemic (1918-19),
World War I.
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'''Range Dates:''' 1899-1940

'''Bulk Dates:''' 1907-1940


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[[Category: Needs Review ]] [[Category: SWC Interviews]] [[Category: 1970s]] [[Category: Family Life and Background]] [[Category: Home life]] [[Category: Holiday Traditions]] [[Category: World War I]] [[Category: Great Depression]] [[Category: Irrigation]]