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==General Interview Information== | ==General Interview Information== | ||
| − | '''Interviewee Name:''' | + | '''Interviewee Name:''' Mrs. Elbert Metcalf |
| − | '''Additional Parties Recorded:''' | + | '''Additional Parties Recorded:''' None |
| − | '''Date:''' | + | '''Date:''' Summer 1968 |
| − | '''Location:''' | + | '''Location:''' Rankin, Texas |
| − | '''Interviewer:''' | + | '''Interviewer:''' Paul Patterson |
| − | '''Length:''' | + | '''Length:''' None Given |
==Abstract== | ==Abstract== | ||
| − | '''Tape 1, Side 1:''' | + | '''Tape 1, Side 1:''' Mrs. Elbert Metcalf, St. Louis, Missouri, |
| − | + | Marriage of grandparents in Texas (1871), | |
| + | Move to Southwest, | ||
| + | Sons were cowboys, | ||
| + | Dad and Grandpa Shaw—Mule train, | ||
| + | Dad was also a cook, | ||
| + | Fear of horses, rode bike, | ||
| + | Campbell, | ||
| + | Longley—came to Texas in 1836, | ||
| + | Naming of family members, | ||
| + | Tom Shaw in Angelo country before Indians, | ||
| + | Mule driving, | ||
| + | Tale of cooking on trail, | ||
| + | Uncle Tom—caught for making whiskey, served time, | ||
| + | Mrs. Metcalf’s mother, | ||
| + | Grandfather Wilcox—came from Louisiana. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
| − | '''Tape 1, Side 2:''' | + | '''Tape 1, Side 2:''' Uncles (Wilcox)—early streetcar conductors, |
| − | + | Shaw’s migration to Sheffield, | |
| + | Grandmother had seven children, | ||
| + | Longley’s heritage, | ||
| + | "Wild Bill" Longley, in Museum in Dallas, | ||
| + | Campbell Longley—Texas Revolution, | ||
| + | Bill Longley, tried for murder—32 notches in gun, | ||
| + | Longleys were ranchers, | ||
| + | Owned race horses, | ||
| + | Cattle feuding in New Mexico, | ||
| + | Poverty experienced. | ||
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| − | '''Range Dates:''' | + | '''Range Dates:''' 1836-1968 |
| − | '''Bulk Dates:''' | + | '''Bulk Dates:''' 1836-1900 |
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Latest revision as of 16:44, 19 July 2019
Mrs. Metcalf gives the history and statistics of her relatives, the Shaw and Longley families and their role in Texas frontier settlement.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Mrs. Elbert Metcalf
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: Summer 1968
Location: Rankin, Texas
Interviewer: Paul Patterson
Length: None Given
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Mrs. Elbert Metcalf, St. Louis, Missouri,
Marriage of grandparents in Texas (1871),
Move to Southwest,
Sons were cowboys,
Dad and Grandpa Shaw—Mule train,
Dad was also a cook,
Fear of horses, rode bike,
Campbell,
Longley—came to Texas in 1836,
Naming of family members,
Tom Shaw in Angelo country before Indians,
Mule driving,
Tale of cooking on trail,
Uncle Tom—caught for making whiskey, served time,
Mrs. Metcalf’s mother,
Grandfather Wilcox—came from Louisiana.
Tape 1, Side 2: Uncles (Wilcox)—early streetcar conductors,
Shaw’s migration to Sheffield,
Grandmother had seven children,
Longley’s heritage,
"Wild Bill" Longley, in Museum in Dallas,
Campbell Longley—Texas Revolution,
Bill Longley, tried for murder—32 notches in gun,
Longleys were ranchers,
Owned race horses,
Cattle feuding in New Mexico,
Poverty experienced.
Range Dates: 1836-1968
Bulk Dates: 1836-1900
Access Information
Original Recording Format:
Recording Format Notes:
Transcript:
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