Bruce, Lloyd E 1981-01-15
Lloyd E. Bruce discusses his life in Ranger, Texas, during the oil boom days and the history of that area.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Lloyd E. Bruce
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: January 15, 1981
Location: Eastland, Texas
Interviewer: Richard Mason
Length: 1 hour, 35 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Born (January 28, 1898),
Phillip J. Bruce, father,
Jannie Atherton, mother,
Family history,
Ranger, Texas,
Name origin,
Hagerman family,
Water supply,
Crops,
Cotton,
Gins,
Oil discovery,
Unions,
Featherbedding,
Transportation,
Drought,
Walter Prescott Webb,
Ranger, Texas,
Businesses (pre-oil boom),
Ranger Mercantile,
John and Charlie Goldstein,
Texas Pacific Oil Company,
Frank Champian, driller,
Hotels,
Depot,
Nanny Walker
Tape 1, Side 2:
Ranger, Texas,
Nanny Walker,
J. H. McClesky,
Wells,
Drilling,
Grocery business,
Trucking,
Swampers,
Streets,
Mud,
Population (1919),
Shorty Woods,
Crime,
Ku Klux Klan,
Prices,
Insurance business,
Peanuts,
Meat packing,
Ranger Furniture Exchange,
Fire,
Second Baptist Church,
Former Texas Pacific office,
Oil camps
Tape 2, Side 1:
Jake Hamon,
Lonnie Flewellen, city judge,
McClesky well,
Anecdotes,
Desdemona, Texas,
Name origin,
Car theft,
Ranger, Texas,
Railroads,
Schools,
Societal changes
Tape 2, Side 2:
Anecdotes,
Religion
Range Dates: 1898-1981
Bulk Dates: 1898-1981
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