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20140341-43

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A transcript of notes regarding a WPA Interview by Chas R. Fuller with John Williams Renfro in the 1930s. Renfro was born in Columbia, Tennessee on March 22, 1866 and arrived in Texas in November 1880. Renfro worked on his fathers farm until 1891 when he started to work for the Fort Worth Street Railway company. Where he worked from driving mules to becoming the superintendent of the company. The notes from the interview detail buildings and companies of railway stations in Fort Worth at the time.

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Undated

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Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. Fort Worth City Guide Draft and Records.

Collection Number

AR316-4-9

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Paper

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WPA Interview - John Williams Renfro

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