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W. O. Cope recalls his employment as a telegraph operator and agent with the Fort Worth and Denver Railway. 

==General Interview Information==

'''Interviewee Name:''' W. O. Cope

'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''

'''Date:''' February 20, 1976

'''Location:''' Abilene, Texas

'''Interviewer:''' Richie Cravens

'''Length:''' 2 hours, 30 minutes


==Abstract==

'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
Background,
Birth,
Early personal history,
Railroad employment,
Telegraph operator,
Goodnight, Texas (1925),
Shipping,
Matador Land and Cattle Company,
Cattle shipments,
Stock supervision,
Railroad,
Estelline, Texas,
Agent (1927)
<br>

'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
Charles Goodnight,
Estelline, Texas,
Railroad slang,
Memphis, Texas (1930s),
Description,
Railroad employees
<br>

'''Tape 2, Side 1:'''
Memphis, Texas (1930s),
Section hands,
Housing,
Greer housing at junction points,
Passenger use of trains,
Freight use of trains,
Cotton shipping,
Dalhart, Texas, at outbreak of World War II,
Troop trains,
Labor problems
<br>

'''Tape 2, Side 2:'''
Blank
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'''Tape 3, Side 1:'''
Washburn, Texas (mid-1920s),
Cock fighting,
Childress, Texas,
Shipments,
Oil,
Carbon,
Walter Chrysler (1908),
Mechanic,
Later activities
<br>

'''Tape 3, Side 2:'''
Tunnel near Caprock,
Dalhart, Texas (World War II),
Training site for gliders,
War and wages,
Wage freeze,
Abilene, Texas,
Agent,
Boy's Ranch,
Jenks Mode, superintendent,
Anecdote
<br>

'''Range Dates:''' 1908-1976

'''Bulk Dates:''' 1908-1930s


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