Norton, Ezra Hugh 1972-03-21

E. H. Norton, Hereford area farmer and businessman, discusses early Hereford and its economic development through the post-World War II period.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Ezra Hugh Norton

Additional Parties Recorded: None

Date: March 21, 1972

Location: Hereford, Texas

Interviewer: Fred Carpenter

Length: 30 minutes

Abstract

Tape 1, Side 1: Family background and early life related, Outlines state land policy, Description of homestead, Harvesting feed, Marketing cattle, Attended school in Hereford (1902), Marriage recalled, Business ventures reviewed, Names various Hereford merchants.

Tape 1, Side 2: Terrain of northern Plains described, Traces beginnings of irrigation, Early methods of irrigation explained, Cites problems with irrigation, Son, Corbitt Norton, owns a part in Irrigation Age, Changes in the economy noted.

Range Dates: 1902-1972

Bulk Dates: 1902-1950

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