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20131591-604
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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 Frank M. Baker. Baker discusses growing up in Hamilton County, Texas on his father's ranch and going to school for one week before members of the Comanche Nation raided the school. He went on to work as a cowhand, working on several ranches and cattle drives from Texas to Kansas. He describes life on the range, including cattle ranching techniques, food, tobacco use, and encounters between cowhands and local Native American tribes.
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Undated
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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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