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A transcript of a Cowboy Narrative, or Rangelore, interview conducted by Woody Phipps for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with former cowboy M. C. De La Flor, of Fort Worth, Texas. In the interview, De La Flor discusses the differences between Mexican and American "cow punchers" or cowboys. He was raised on a Mexican ranch belonging to the Madero gang, near Parras in Coahuila State, Mexico. He describes fights between the Maderos and other local ranchers, including the Santos men. He also describes planting corn, training animals, breaking wild horses, and stampedes.
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Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. Fort Worth City Guide Draft and Records.
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AR316-3-10
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