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Mrs. Martin discusses her husband Rudolph E. Martin, the Hedwig Hill Log Cabin and Store, and German pioneers of Mason County. This interview was made the day she donated the Hedwig Hill Store ledgers to the Southwest Collection. Her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Phillips, accompanied her, and SWC Director David Murrah entered the interview part way through.

==General Interview Information==

'''Interviewee Name:''' Cynthia Phillips Martin (Mrs. Rudolph E.)

'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' None

'''Date:''' March 16, 1976

'''Location:''' Lubbock, Texas

'''Interviewer:''' Anne Worley

'''Length:''' 1 hour 20 minutes


==Abstract==

'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' Rudolph E. Martin, 
Family background, 
Father, Charles Martin, 
Louis Martin, great-great uncle, 
Founder of Hedwig Hill, 
Military service, 
Rancher, 
Died (March 11, 1960), 
Hedwig Hill Log Cabin, 
Freighting station, 
Mason County, 
Mrs. Anna Martin, grandmother, 
Businesswoman, 
Hedwig Hill Store ledgers (c. 1881), 
Preservation, 
Mrs. Anna Martin (again), 
Fear of Indians anecdote, 
Assimilated Indians, 
Freight lines, 
Pioneer lifestyle, 
Tallow lamps, 
Coffee, 
Rudolph E. Martin (again), 
Pastimes, 
Education, 
Hedwig Hill School, 
Teacher training, 
Private schools, 
Buildings, 
Cattle ranching, 
Rudolph E. Martin (again), 
Barbed wire accident (age 7), 
Mail hack, 
Medical treatment, 
Rattlesnakes, 
German Sunday observance, 
Circuit riders, 
Baptizing, 
Kothmann family, 
Rudolph E. Martin (again), 
Surveyor, 
Telephone lines, 
Trail driving, 
Railroads, 
Fences,
Mason County Wars, 
Hoodoo War, 
Ranching (1930s), 
Killing of cattle, 
Rudolph E. Martin (again), 
by Bob Phillips, 
Hedwig Hill Store ledgers (again), 
Cynthia Phillips Martin, 
Loss of son, 
Werner Goehman, 
Family background, 
John and Sallie Phillips, 
Grandparents, 
Erath County.
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:''' Lyndon B. Johnson family, 
Next door neighbors, 
Stonewall, Texas, 
LBJ (age 15), 
Polo playing (1922), 
Father, horse trainer, 
Games, 
First marriage, 
Second marriage (1944), 
Present ranch home, 
Highway 29, 
Grandchildren.
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'''Range Dates:''' 1860-1976

'''Bulk Dates:''' 1881-1976


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