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==General Interview Information== | ==General Interview Information== | ||
| − | '''Interviewee Name:''' | + | '''Interviewee Name:''' Lloyd Bruce |
'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' | '''Additional Parties Recorded:''' | ||
| − | '''Date:''' | + | '''Date:''' November 26, 1976 |
| − | '''Location:''' | + | '''Location:''' Cisco, Texas |
| − | '''Interviewer:''' | + | '''Interviewer:''' Richie Cravens |
| − | '''Length:''' | + | '''Length:''' 1 hour, 15 minutes |
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'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' | '''Tape 1, Side 1:''' | ||
| + | Born, Lacasa Community, Texas, | ||
| + | Father, | ||
| + | Stock farmer, | ||
| + | Ranger, Texas (1907), | ||
| + | Father died (1913), | ||
| + | Grandfather to Ranger (1885), | ||
| + | Originally from Tennessee, | ||
| + | Mother, | ||
| + | Born in Iowa, | ||
| + | To Kansas, | ||
| + | Married (1891), | ||
| + | Education, | ||
| + | Mrs. Dutch Irving, | ||
| + | Ranger, Texas, | ||
| + | Struck oil (1917), | ||
| + | Before boom, | ||
| + | Cooper College (Sterling College), | ||
| + | Employment, | ||
| + | Ranger during boom, | ||
| + | Schools, | ||
| + | Employment | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | '''Tape 1, Side 2:''' | ||
| + | Cotton gins, | ||
| + | Ranger banks (1920s), | ||
| + | Oil boom, | ||
| + | Regulations, | ||
| + | Drilling in city limits, | ||
| + | Oil boom in Desdemona, Texas, | ||
| + | Drilling on his ranch, | ||
| + | Leases, | ||
| + | Caddo Valley, | ||
| + | Older people leaving, | ||
| + | Ranger fire, | ||
| + | Railroad changes | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
| − | '''Tape | + | '''Tape 2, Side 1:''' |
| + | Corruption in Ranger, Texas, | ||
| + | Oil boom, | ||
| + | Bootlegging, | ||
| + | Oil boom aftermath, | ||
| + | Inflation, | ||
| + | Population decline, | ||
| + | Oil boom spread, | ||
| + | East Texas, | ||
| + | Midland-Odessa, Texas | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | '''Tape 2, Side 2:''' | ||
| + | Blank | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
| − | '''Range Dates:''' | + | '''Range Dates:''' 1885-1930s |
| − | '''Bulk Dates:''' | + | '''Bulk Dates:''' 1885-1930s |
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Latest revision as of 19:52, 13 June 2019
Lloyd Bruce recalls the oil boom in Ranger, Texas, and some of the changes that came about from it.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Lloyd Bruce
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: November 26, 1976
Location: Cisco, Texas
Interviewer: Richie Cravens
Length: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Born, Lacasa Community, Texas,
Father,
Stock farmer,
Ranger, Texas (1907),
Father died (1913),
Grandfather to Ranger (1885),
Originally from Tennessee,
Mother,
Born in Iowa,
To Kansas,
Married (1891),
Education,
Mrs. Dutch Irving,
Ranger, Texas,
Struck oil (1917),
Before boom,
Cooper College (Sterling College),
Employment,
Ranger during boom,
Schools,
Employment
Tape 1, Side 2:
Cotton gins,
Ranger banks (1920s),
Oil boom,
Regulations,
Drilling in city limits,
Oil boom in Desdemona, Texas,
Drilling on his ranch,
Leases,
Caddo Valley,
Older people leaving,
Ranger fire,
Railroad changes
Tape 2, Side 1:
Corruption in Ranger, Texas,
Oil boom,
Bootlegging,
Oil boom aftermath,
Inflation,
Population decline,
Oil boom spread,
East Texas,
Midland-Odessa, Texas
Tape 2, Side 2:
Blank
Range Dates: 1885-1930s
Bulk Dates: 1885-1930s
Access Information
Original Recording Format:
Recording Format Notes:
Transcript:
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