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A transcript of a Cowboy Narrative, or Rangelore, interview conducted by Sheldon F. Gauthier for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with former cowboy John S. Davis. Davis, born in Tennessee, moved to Hubbard, Texas - near Hill and Ellis Counties - in 1893 as a baby. In his interview, he describes the life of a cowboy, including herding cows, breaking wild horses for use on the range, training horses for specific purposes, food and cooking at ranches, stampedes and weather, and song lyrics. Davis also tells several anecdotes about his time working at the "Dash S" ranch.
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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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