Cope, W O 1976-02-20
W. O. Cope recalls his employment as a telegraph operator and agent with the Fort Worth and Denver Railway.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: W. O. Cope
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: February 20, 1976
Location: Abilene, Texas
Interviewer: Richie Cravens
Length: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Background,
Birth,
Early personal history,
Railroad employment,
Telegraph operator,
Goodnight, Texas (1925),
Shipping,
Matador Land and Cattle Company,
Cattle shipments,
Stock supervision,
Railroad,
Estelline, Texas,
Agent (1927)
Tape 1, Side 2:
Charles Goodnight,
Estelline, Texas,
Railroad slang,
Memphis, Texas (1930s),
Description,
Railroad employees
Tape 2, Side 1:
Memphis, Texas (1930s),
Section hands,
Housing,
Greer housing at junction points,
Passenger use of trains,
Freight use of trains,
Cotton shipping,
Dalhart, Texas, at outbreak of World War II,
Troop trains,
Labor problems
Tape 2, Side 2:
Blank
Tape 3, Side 1:
Washburn, Texas (mid-1920s),
Cock fighting,
Childress, Texas,
Shipments,
Oil,
Carbon,
Walter Chrysler (1908),
Mechanic,
Later activities
Tape 3, Side 2:
Tunnel near Caprock,
Dalhart, Texas (World War II),
Training site for gliders,
War and wages,
Wage freeze,
Abilene, Texas,
Agent,
Boy's Ranch,
Jenks Mode, superintendent,
Anecdote
Range Dates: 1908-1976
Bulk Dates: 1908-1930s
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