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Henry Cline, Lubbock County farmer, talks about his years growing up in Texas, his family, and his activities in the county during and after the Depression of the 1930s.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Henry Cline
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: April 29, 1976
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Joanna Shurbet
Length: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Born, Indian Territory, Oklahoma,
Family background,
To Bowie, Texas (1879),
Father, Methodist preacher,
No formal education,
Working on farm,
Two brothers and four sisters,
Taking quinine to combat Malaria,
Digging well,
Driving cattle,
To Dodge City, Kansas (13 years old),
Raising family (World War I),
To West Texas,
Settled in Stanton, Texas (1923),
Dangers of "Riding the Trail"
Tape 1, Side 2:
"Riding the Trail" (continued),
Driving cattle through Lubbock, Texas,
"Fun" in Dodge City (1896),
Gunfights,
Shot in head,
Handlebar mustache,
Teaching Sunday School class (19 years),
Settling in Lubbock County,
Planting cotton,
October freeze (1925),
Depression years,
Lost land,
Paying last debt (1937),
Bean harvest
Tape 2, Side 1:
Bean harvest,
Visiting Lubbock from Southland, Texas,
Family,
Three boys and one girl,
Wife died,
Lakeside,
Enlarging own home,
Son bought land,
Buying and farming land after Depression
Tape 2, Side 2:
Blank
Tape 3, Side 1:
Land,
Clearing,
Lubbock, Texas,
Depression,
Home,
Improvements,
Wells,
Purchase of
Tape 3, Side 2:
Blank
Range Dates: 1879-1937
Bulk Dates: 1879-1937
Access Information
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Recording Format Notes:
Transcript:
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