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Right here will be a general overview of the oral history interview. It will be roughly 3-5 sentences for new interviews, shorter for older interviews.  
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Charley Greenhaw recalls his experiences in
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the small towns of early West Texas and the early days of the oil
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boom in that region.  
  
 
==General Interview Information==
 
==General Interview Information==
  
'''Interviewee Name:'''
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'''Interviewee Name:'''Charley Greenhaw
  
 
'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''
 
'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''
  
'''Date:'''  
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'''Date:''' October 31, 1978
  
'''Location:'''
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'''Location:''' Cisco, Texas
  
'''Interviewer:'''
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'''Interviewer:''' Bobby Weaver
  
'''Length:'''
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'''Length:''' 1 hour, 35 minutes
  
  
 
==Abstract==
 
==Abstract==
  
'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
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'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' Desdemona Texas (1910),
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Thurber Texas,
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Appearance,
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Immigrants,
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Ranger boom,
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Discover (1918),
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"Duke," first well,
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Work in fields,
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Magnolia,
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Town appearance,
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Steam rigs,
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Wages,
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Boarding houses,
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Equipment,
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Shipping,
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Rig builders,
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Storage tanks,
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Family life.
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:''' Fires,
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Entertainment,
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Cabarets,
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One-man band,
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Corn whiskey,
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Prohibition,
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Gambling,
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Ranger and Desdemona comparison,
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"Service cars",
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Tents,
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Oil companies,
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Railroads,
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Town riot (1919).
 
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
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'''Tape 2, Side 1:''' Town riot (continued),
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Doctors,
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Fires,
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Weather,
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Minorities,
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Job descriptions,
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Mexia boom,
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Land dispute,
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Breckenridge,
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Gambling,
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Debts.
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'''Tape 2, Side 2:''' Ku Klux Klan (1923-1924),
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Rallies,
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Threats.
 
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'''Range Dates:'''
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'''Range Dates:''' 1910-1925
  
'''Bulk Dates:'''
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'''Bulk Dates:''' 1910-1925
  
  

Revision as of 18:49, 8 December 2014

Charley Greenhaw recalls his experiences in the small towns of early West Texas and the early days of the oil boom in that region.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name:Charley Greenhaw

Additional Parties Recorded:

Date: October 31, 1978

Location: Cisco, Texas

Interviewer: Bobby Weaver

Length: 1 hour, 35 minutes


Abstract

Tape 1, Side 1: Desdemona Texas (1910), Thurber Texas, Appearance, Immigrants, Ranger boom, Discover (1918), "Duke," first well, Work in fields, Magnolia, Town appearance, Steam rigs, Wages, Boarding houses, Equipment, Shipping, Rig builders, Storage tanks, Family life.

Tape 1, Side 2: Fires, Entertainment, Cabarets, One-man band, Corn whiskey, Prohibition, Gambling, Ranger and Desdemona comparison, "Service cars", Tents, Oil companies, Railroads, Town riot (1919).

Tape 2, Side 1: Town riot (continued), Doctors, Fires, Weather, Minorities, Job descriptions, Mexia boom, Land dispute, Breckenridge, Gambling, Debts.

Tape 2, Side 2: Ku Klux Klan (1923-1924), Rallies, Threats.

Range Dates: 1910-1925

Bulk Dates: 1910-1925


Access Information

Original Recording Format:

Recording Format Notes:

Transcript:



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