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Bobbie and Tommie Clack, English teachers in the Abilene Independent School district, reminisce about the early days of Abilene and their teaching careers. 

==General Interview Information==

'''Interviewee Name:''' Bobbie and Tommie Clack

'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''

'''Date:''' March 7, 1966

'''Location:''' Abilene, Texas

'''Interviewer:''' Ollie Lena Olson

'''Length:''' 30 minutes


==Abstract==

'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
Bobbie Clack,
Abilene, Texas, schools,
Tommie Clack,
Family history,
To Abilene area (1873-1874),
Buffalo hunting,
Indians,
Bluff Creek, Texas,
Father, Missouri McReynolds,
"Mack" Clack,
Mayor of Cleburne, Texas,
Bobbie Clark,
Born Buffalo Gap, Texas,
Flood,
Tommie Clack,
Settlements,
Buffalo Gap (May 1878),
German settlers,
Colonizer of Abilene area,
Coldwater, pioneer,
Migration of settlers,
To Abilene (1878-1879),
Settlers starving,
William B. Ellis Ranch,
Bobbie Clack,
Prairie dog story,
School teaching,
Central Ward School,
Principal, Robert Collins,
Bobbie Clack,
English teacher,
Tommie Clack,
School teaching,
South Ward School,
Description,
Taught all courses,
Salary,
Voucher system,
Bobbie Clack,
Left school system and Abilene,
Salary,
Returned to Abilene (1917),
Influence on Abilene,
English teachers
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
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'''Range Dates:''' 1873-1917

'''Bulk Dates:''' 1873-1900


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