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Dan Cockrum discusses his life experience in Post, Texas.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Dan Cockrum
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: April 20, 1983
Location: Post, Texas
Interviewer: Richard Mason
Length: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Newspaper printing business,
Early printing,
Early advertising,
Circulation,
Post business,
Rural community,
Businesses,
Small town schools,
Post textile mill history,
Employment (1911),
Cockrum family,
Early history,
Post (1918),
Yokum County (1911),
Father: Marion Cockrum,
Mother: Maiden name Bush
Tape 1, Side 2:
Printing experience,
Business cards,
Business,
Marketing (1961),
Newspaper business (again),
Print setter,
Avalanche Journal,
Oil business,
Leasing
Tape 2, Side 1:
Dan Cockrum,
Background,
Archeology career,
Early oil business (again),
Union Oil of California,
Independent oil companies,
Peyton brothers,
Post area refineries,
Leon Jewel,
San Anders Field (1936),
Glorietta (1941),
Effect of oil discovery on Post, Texas,
Oil supply house,
Brown Brothers,
Development,
Equipment,
Jimmy Johnson
Tape 2, Side 2:
Oil business,
Equipment,
Post, Texas,
C. W. Post,
Town division,
Monte Bridges
Tape 3, Side 1:
Post, Texas (continued),
Sheriff W. F. Cato,
Drug deal,
Suicide ,
Doctors,
Crime,
Revenues,
Business
Tape 3, Side 2:
Blank
Range Dates: 1911-1983
Bulk Dates: 1911-1961
Access Information
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Recording Format Notes:
Transcript:
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