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Latest revision as of 22:15, 25 June 2019
T. B. "Buck" Harris discusses the impact of oil discoveries on West Texas.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: T. B. "Buck" Harris
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: June 15, 1978
Location: Odessa, Texas
Interviewer: Bobby Weaver
Length: 35 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Born: Midland Texas,
Ward County Texas,
Parents,
Cattle ranches,
Sand ranching,
Drought (1917-1920),
Economic hardship,
Ranching operations,
Travel,
To Crane County Texas,
Waudell Ranch,
To Odessa Texas,
Father insurance business (1922),
Education,
Oil development Crane Texas,
Boomtowns (1927),
Odessa (World War II),
Fields developed,
Crane,
Wink,
Pinwell,
Goldsmith Lease #1 (1936),
Oil companies,
Oil shipment,
Roads,
Fort Stockton Texas,
Pinwell area (1929 or 1930).
Tape 1, Side 2: Prohibition,
Saloons,
Bootleggers,
Labor,
Mexicans,
Blacks,
Odessa schools (1918),
Ranches,
Stock.
Range Dates: 1917-1940s
Bulk Dates: 1917-1940s
Access Information
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Recording Format Notes:
Transcript:
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