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Paul Patterson reads from an 1895 history concerning the life of John David Earnest and J. M. Shannon. He mentions the Slaughter Ranch and reads an explanation of the cattleman-sheepman conflict. 

==General Interview Information==

'''Interviewee Name:''' Paul and John D. Earnest Patterson

'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' None

'''Date:''' July 13, 1970

'''Location:''' Odessa, Texas

'''Interviewer:''' None Given

'''Length:''' 30 minutes


==Abstract==

'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' The life of David Earnest is read from "A Historical and Biographical Record" of which there were 100 published,
Background and early life, 
Working with ranches in West Texas in the 1880s and 1890s, 
Indian fight and horse theft mentioned, 
Recollections of Indian fights, 
Slaughter family recalled, 
Scrapeout division near Morton described, 
Discussion of the Mallet Ranch, 
Pool family characterized, 
Biographical sketch of J. M. Shannon and family, 
Cattlemen-sheepmen conflict explained. 
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:''' Blank
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'''Range Dates:''' 1880s-1890s

'''Bulk Dates:''' 1880s-1890s


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