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==General Interview Information== | ==General Interview Information== | ||
| − | '''Interviewee Name:''' | + | '''Interviewee Name:''' Mrs. Louis Lee Farr |
'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' | '''Additional Parties Recorded:''' | ||
| − | '''Date:''' | + | '''Date:''' March 12, 1970 |
| − | '''Location:''' | + | '''Location:''' San Angelo, Texas |
| − | '''Interviewer:''' | + | '''Interviewer:''' Fred Carpenter |
| − | '''Length:''' | + | '''Length:''' 1 hour, 20 minutes |
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'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' | '''Tape 1, Side 1:''' | ||
| + | Bar-S Ranch described, | ||
| + | Explains whistle signal system, | ||
| + | Line camps on various sections of ranch, | ||
| + | Story about killing skinks and other varmints, | ||
| + | Incident of little rattlesnakes crawling into mother snake, | ||
| + | Wagon Runs, 1920s-1930s, | ||
| + | Working and rounding up cattle, | ||
| + | Selling and shipping cattle buyers from Kansas and Missouri | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | '''Tape 1, Side 2:''' | ||
| + | Anecdote concerning shooting incident with cook and drunk man, | ||
| + | Story about cowboy embittered against women, | ||
| + | Hog hunts and hog killings described, | ||
| + | Accidents and emergencies recalled, | ||
| + | Windmill accident, | ||
| + | Education of ranch children | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
| − | '''Tape | + | '''Tape 2, Side 1:''' |
| + | Story about drunk oilmen, | ||
| + | Discusses rattlesnakes on ranch, | ||
| + | Incident of unarming cowboys after a shooting, | ||
| + | Joke about getting lost on the ranch | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | '''Tape 2, Side 2:''' | ||
| + | Blank | ||
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| − | '''Range Dates:''' | + | '''Range Dates:''' 1920-1930s |
| − | '''Bulk Dates:''' | + | '''Bulk Dates:''' 1920-1930s |
Revision as of 17:03, 1 October 2014
Mrs. Farr recalls incidents on the Bar-S Ranch, including shipping cattle to market, killing hogs, problems with rattlesnakes and other dangers on the ranch.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Mrs. Louis Lee Farr
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: March 12, 1970
Location: San Angelo, Texas
Interviewer: Fred Carpenter
Length: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Bar-S Ranch described,
Explains whistle signal system,
Line camps on various sections of ranch,
Story about killing skinks and other varmints,
Incident of little rattlesnakes crawling into mother snake,
Wagon Runs, 1920s-1930s,
Working and rounding up cattle,
Selling and shipping cattle buyers from Kansas and Missouri
Tape 1, Side 2:
Anecdote concerning shooting incident with cook and drunk man,
Story about cowboy embittered against women,
Hog hunts and hog killings described,
Accidents and emergencies recalled,
Windmill accident,
Education of ranch children
Tape 2, Side 1:
Story about drunk oilmen,
Discusses rattlesnakes on ranch,
Incident of unarming cowboys after a shooting,
Joke about getting lost on the ranch
Tape 2, Side 2:
Blank
Range Dates: 1920-1930s
Bulk Dates: 1920-1930s
Access Information
Original Recording Format:
Recording Format Notes:
Transcript:
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