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Mrs. Rachel Bingham describes her family and her life, including her time spent living and working on the Spur Ranch. Note: Poor sound quality sometimes makes these tapes difficult to understand.  
  
 
==General Interview Information==
 
==General Interview Information==
  
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'''Interviewee Name:'''
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'''Interviewee Name:''' Rachel Bingham
  
 
'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''
 
'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''
  
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'''Date:'''  
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'''Date:''' September 1969
  
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'''Location:'''
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'''Location:''' Spur, Texas
  
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'''Interviewer:'''
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'''Interviewer:'''  
  
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'''Length:''' 2 hours, 10 minutes
  
  
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'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
 
'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
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Recent funerals, Spur, Texas,
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Mrs. Bingham's family,
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Mother,
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Childbirth,
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Teaching,
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W. W. Ellis, father,
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Arrived Spur (May 1, 1903),
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From Mississippi,
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Move to East Texas,
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Ranching operation,
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Anecdote: drunk cowboy,
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Al Bingham, husband,
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Married (1909),
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Jobs,
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Family relationships,
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Ranching life,
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Land purchase,
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Moves on the ranch,
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Cooking,
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Furniture,
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Mrs. Bingham's family (again),
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Mother (again),
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Siblings,
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Father (again),
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Anecdote: coffee drinking,
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Ranching life (again),
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Cooking (again)
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
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Ranching life (continued),
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Cooking (continued),
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Anecdote, Timbers Emory,
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Move to Spur headquarters,
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Flu epidemic (1918),
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Cooking (again),
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Mrs. Bingham's family life (again),
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Anecdote: wolf trap,
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Music,
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Present home,
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Loan,
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Anecdote: coffee,
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Water,
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Gunfighter, "Pink" Higgins,
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Adventures,
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Death,
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Anecdote: gunfight
 
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
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'''Tape 2, Side 1:'''
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Pink Higgins (continued),
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Anecdote: gunfight (continued),
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Newspaper article,
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Dancing,
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Anecdote lessons,
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As entertainment,
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Recent dance,
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Mother ring,
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Children's birth dates,
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Large ranches,
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Land fraud,
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"Landslides" (small sections of land),
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Swenson ranch policy,
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Children's animals,
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Raising chickens,
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Left the ranch (1942)
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'''Tape 2, Side 2:'''
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Large ranches (continued),
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Swenson ranch (continued),
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Meeting with A. J. Swenson,
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Al Bingham (again),
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Pension,
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Finances,
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Land owned,
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Roads,
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Modern ethics,
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Food donations,
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Legal problems,
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Al Bingham (again),
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Return to Swenson employ,
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Dancing,
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Ranching life (again),
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Changes since 1940s,
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School,
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Pupils,
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Lunches,
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Christmas
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'''Tape 3, Side 1:'''
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"Judge" Erickson,
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Country store,
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Depression (1930s),
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Hardship,
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Working,
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Dancing (again),
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Car gift (1960)
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'''Tape 3, Side 2:'''
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Blank
 
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'''Bulk Dates:'''
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'''Range Dates:''' 1848-1969
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'''Bulk Dates:''' 1903-1942
  
  
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Latest revision as of 22:03, 12 June 2019

Mrs. Rachel Bingham describes her family and her life, including her time spent living and working on the Spur Ranch. Note: Poor sound quality sometimes makes these tapes difficult to understand.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Rachel Bingham

Additional Parties Recorded:

Date: September 1969

Location: Spur, Texas

Interviewer:

Length: 2 hours, 10 minutes


Abstract

Tape 1, Side 1: Recent funerals, Spur, Texas, Mrs. Bingham's family, Mother, Childbirth, Teaching, W. W. Ellis, father, Arrived Spur (May 1, 1903), From Mississippi, Move to East Texas, Ranching operation, Anecdote: drunk cowboy, Al Bingham, husband, Married (1909), Jobs, Family relationships, Ranching life, Land purchase, Moves on the ranch, Cooking, Furniture, Mrs. Bingham's family (again), Mother (again), Siblings, Father (again), Anecdote: coffee drinking, Ranching life (again), Cooking (again)

Tape 1, Side 2: Ranching life (continued), Cooking (continued), Anecdote, Timbers Emory, Move to Spur headquarters, Flu epidemic (1918), Cooking (again), Mrs. Bingham's family life (again), Anecdote: wolf trap, Music, Present home, Loan, Anecdote: coffee, Water, Gunfighter, "Pink" Higgins, Adventures, Death, Anecdote: gunfight

Tape 2, Side 1: Pink Higgins (continued), Anecdote: gunfight (continued), Newspaper article, Dancing, Anecdote lessons, As entertainment, Recent dance, Mother ring, Children's birth dates, Large ranches, Land fraud, "Landslides" (small sections of land), Swenson ranch policy, Children's animals, Raising chickens, Left the ranch (1942)

Tape 2, Side 2: Large ranches (continued), Swenson ranch (continued), Meeting with A. J. Swenson, Al Bingham (again), Pension, Finances, Land owned, Roads, Modern ethics, Food donations, Legal problems, Al Bingham (again), Return to Swenson employ, Dancing, Ranching life (again), Changes since 1940s, School, Pupils, Lunches, Christmas

Tape 3, Side 1: "Judge" Erickson, Country store, Depression (1930s), Hardship, Working, Dancing (again), Car gift (1960)

Tape 3, Side 2: Blank


Range Dates: 1848-1969

Bulk Dates: 1903-1942


Access Information

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Recording Format Notes:

Transcript:


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