Stokes, Boone 2019-06-24
This interview features Boone Stokes as he talks about his life and background working on a ranch. In the interview, Boone recounts what it was like working on the Bar S ranch, and what he did after he left the ranch.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Boone Stokes
Additional Parties Recorded: Joyce Stokes and Bud Farr
Date: June 24, 2019
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Andy Wilkinson
Length: 02:47:16 (2 hours 47 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction and working at the Bar S ranch; Operating a ranch during a drought; How he met his wife, Joyce; moving to New Mexico; The transition from one owner of the Bar S ranch to another; His memories of Louis Lee; heeling horses; Working on the Bar S ranch; mating up cattle; How to do a yearling operation; working cattle through the years; Remount program; training horses; Catching antelope for the Fort Worth Zoo; Spaying cows; cattle hands; Saddles; Big Lake; Selling the ranch; movies filmed in the Big Lake area
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/374890 >
Related Interview: Farr, Bud, Bill, Phil 2020-01-07 ; Farr, Bud 2019-05-23 ; Swaringin, Howard 2019-11-20
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