Black, Earl E 1963
Earl E. Black describes his life as a child in the ranching country of the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Colorado. Some parts seem to have been read from a printed script.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Earl E. Black
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: c. 1963
Location: Sudan, Texas
Interviewer:
Length: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
[Testing, followed by blank tape],
Political commentary,
"The Walk" - poetry recitation,
Eighth grade commencement speech,
Father,
Brand sale, Colorado (1907),
Sweetwater, Texas (1916),
Well drilling,
Anecdote,
Canyon Normal School,
Cattle sale and theft,
Parents,
Mother, born Baldwin, Mississippi (1861),
Married (1880),
Ranch lifestyle,
Moved to Chickasaw,
Moved to Knox County, Texas,
Land described,
Ranching job,
Land claim failed,
Moved to Oklahoma Territory (1892),
Wolves,
Homesteading,
Anecdote, rattlesnake bite,
Anecdote, pet monkey,
Small pox vaccination
Tape 1, Side 2:
Parent (continued),
Oklahoma (continued),
Small pox vaccination,
Moved to Colorado (1903),
Trip,
Anecdote: salamander,
Anecdote: sheep herders,
Anecdote: drunk man,
Homesteaders,
Ranch, Texas Panhandle,
Description,
Storms,
"Fireballs",
Railroad supply,
Cattle,
Skinning,
Dipping,
Anecdote: tongue bitten,
Anecdote: friend dipped,
School,
Civil War animosity,
Goodnight Baptist Academy,
Anecdote: patent medicine,
1906,
Winter storm,
Loco weed
Tape 2, Side 1:
Ranch (continued),
Learning to round cattle,
Goodnight Baptists Academy (again),
Trip,
[Interview interrupted]
Tape 2, Side 2:
Blank
Range Dates: 1861-1920
Bulk Dates: 1880-1910
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