Werner, Mrs Bess 1972-03-21
Mrs. Werner, Hereford pioneer, discusses in interesting detail the social and economic aspects of living on the Panhandle Plains near Hereford.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Mrs. Bess Werner
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: March 21, 1972
Location: Hereford, Texas
Interviewer: Fred Carpenter
Length: 1 hour
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Move to Texas from Missouri (1909),
Emigration to Panhandle Plains discussed,
First impression of the Plains,
Grandfather’s career recalled,
Parenthetical comment on running for public office,
Recollections of a "steam plow," drought and hail,
Parents’ return to Missouri explained,
Teaching career, educational facilities and policies reviewed,
Marriage to dentist in 1912 mentioned,
Second marriage to Mr. Werner (1938),
Description of early Hereford,
Efforts to win public office cited,
Stock raising (dairy, chickens, swine) described,
Teaching in El Paso and border turmoil of 1914 recalled,
Recollections of soldiers at Fort Bliss,
Remembers grain elevator explosion (1920).
Tape 1, Side 2: Building "Harrison highway" to enhance grain markets,
Winter of 1918 and dust storms remembered,
Mentions Southern cultural aspects,
Personal family discussed,
Recollections from early life in Missouri (social and economic),
Farming in Texas with mules and row binders,
Efforts toward rebuilding the destroyed elevator near Hereford cited,
Depression cattle program noted.
Range Dates: 1909-1938
Bulk Dates: 1909-1938
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