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==General Interview Information== | ==General Interview Information== | ||
| − | '''Interviewee Name:''' | + | '''Interviewee Name:''' V.G. Nevill |
| − | '''Additional Parties Recorded:''' | + | '''Additional Parties Recorded:''' None |
| − | '''Date:''' | + | '''Date:''' July 09, 1968 |
| − | '''Location:''' | + | '''Location:''' Pecos, Texas |
| − | '''Interviewer:''' | + | '''Interviewer:''' Paul Patterson |
| − | '''Length:''' | + | '''Length:''' 1 hour 30 minutes |
==Abstract== | ==Abstract== | ||
| − | '''Tape 1, Side 1:''' | + | '''Tape 1, Side 1:''' Autobiographical material, |
| − | + | Pecos: 1900s, | |
| + | Land buying, | ||
| + | Closest neighbors, | ||
| + | Listing of ranch owner’s Percheron Mare prices, | ||
| + | Horse drive to San Angelo, | ||
| + | Number of days, | ||
| + | Upland stores, | ||
| + | Irving establishment and store, | ||
| + | Boom, | ||
| + | Listing of Midland citizens, | ||
| + | J M Ranch hands, | ||
| + | Sheep raising, | ||
| + | Separating bucks and ewes, | ||
| + | First sheep fencing, | ||
| + | Predators, | ||
| + | Lobos, | ||
| + | Geddings Ranch location, | ||
| + | Fratricide, | ||
| + | Jones County, reason for leaving, | ||
| + | Listing of early settlers, | ||
| + | Road to Stockton, | ||
| + | Buggy speed, | ||
| + | Horse breaking wages, | ||
| + | Technique of horse breaking, | ||
| + | Herd size, | ||
| + | McKenzie family, | ||
| + | Midland-Upland mail carrier, | ||
| + | Area springs, | ||
| + | River crossing points, | ||
| + | Rising River, 1936, | ||
| + | Number of horses on a drive. | ||
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| − | '''Tape 1, Side 2:''' | + | '''Tape 1, Side 2:''' Winter, 1918, |
| − | + | Cowhide price, | |
| + | Fuel, | ||
| + | Bobcat roping, | ||
| + | King Mt. owners, | ||
| + | Mr. Bosworth incident, | ||
| + | Horse stampede incident, | ||
| + | Rattlesnake size, | ||
| + | Arthur Hoover, | ||
| + | Rattlesnake incidents, | ||
| + | Bobcat killing, | ||
| + | Panther incident, | ||
| + | Local lunatic, | ||
| + | Flood, 1935, | ||
| + | Flash flood, | ||
| + | Surviving animals. | ||
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| − | '''Range Dates:''' | + | '''Range Dates:''' 1900-1936 |
| − | '''Bulk Dates:''' | + | '''Bulk Dates:''' 1918-1936 |
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Latest revision as of 21:28, 24 July 2019
V. G. Nevill talks about his family and their role in the early history of the Pecos area.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: V.G. Nevill
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: July 09, 1968
Location: Pecos, Texas
Interviewer: Paul Patterson
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Autobiographical material,
Pecos: 1900s,
Land buying,
Closest neighbors,
Listing of ranch owner’s Percheron Mare prices,
Horse drive to San Angelo,
Number of days,
Upland stores,
Irving establishment and store,
Boom,
Listing of Midland citizens,
J M Ranch hands,
Sheep raising,
Separating bucks and ewes,
First sheep fencing,
Predators,
Lobos,
Geddings Ranch location,
Fratricide,
Jones County, reason for leaving,
Listing of early settlers,
Road to Stockton,
Buggy speed,
Horse breaking wages,
Technique of horse breaking,
Herd size,
McKenzie family,
Midland-Upland mail carrier,
Area springs,
River crossing points,
Rising River, 1936,
Number of horses on a drive.
Tape 1, Side 2: Winter, 1918,
Cowhide price,
Fuel,
Bobcat roping,
King Mt. owners,
Mr. Bosworth incident,
Horse stampede incident,
Rattlesnake size,
Arthur Hoover,
Rattlesnake incidents,
Bobcat killing,
Panther incident,
Local lunatic,
Flood, 1935,
Flash flood,
Surviving animals.
Range Dates: 1900-1936
Bulk Dates: 1918-1936
Access Information
Original Recording Format:
Recording Format Notes:
Transcript:
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