House, Aaron 1981-12-09
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General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Aaron House
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Date: December 09, 1981
Location: Stamford, Texas
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Length: 02:37:18
Abstract
Tape 1 Side 1: Trying to get it to record, Going to the pitch fork to work, He was in the army, Work as a mechanic, What he did at work, Talking about his boss, Moved to Lamese, Working on tracters, Him and his wife getting sick, What makes the ranch a good place, Going back to the ranch for a second time, Meeting the Williams brothers
Tape 1 Side 2: Ice storm, Talking about weather, Bunk house, Telling a joke his wife did, The difference in the pitch fork and other ranches, race horses, leaving the first time, How much the ranch has grown, A fire at the ranch, running over a snake, Christmas time
Tape 2 Side 1: going to work at the pitch fork ranch, living in the bunk houses, Living at the ranch and everything that was their, barber chair, What he did on the ranch, how they used the restrooms, cutting meat, killing the hogs, the cooks, The different types of trees and grass, one of the bunks catching on fire, making things at the ranch, telling stories about the ranch
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