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The McCabes, Bertha, Leora and Fred, discuss their memories of West Texas in the early 1900s.

==General Interview Information==

'''Interviewee Name:''' Bertha, Leora, and Fred McCabe

'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' None

'''Date:''' January 23, 1979

'''Location:''' Sterling City, Texas

'''Interviewer:''' Bobby Weaver

'''Length:''' 50 minutes


==Abstract==

'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' Arrived (January 1, 1906), 
B. F. and Sally Brown, parents, 
Masonry, 
Leisure activities, 
Mrs. John Copeland, schoolteacher, 
Crops, 
Stephen F. Austin Colony, 
Schools, 
Marriage (1911), 
Windmills, 
Water problems, 
Ranching, 
Mr. Knapp, 
Sheep, 
Paul Collins, 
Magdalena, New Mexico, 
Travel. 
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:''' Bertha McCabe, 
Jim McCabe, husband, 
Durango, Colorado, 
Thompson Park, New Mexico, 
Death, 
Land purchases, 
Leora McCabe, 
Schooling, 
Del Rio, 
Mexican population, 
Sheep, 
Fences, 
Fred McCabe, 
John McCabe, father (September 1879), 
Longhorn, 
Sheep (1925), 
Breeds, 
Early pioneers, 
Lee Reed, 
Hank Davis, 
Bill Karras, 
Foster brothers.
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'''Range Dates:''' 1879-1925

'''Bulk Dates:''' 1906-1925


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