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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 Spence Hardie. Born in New Orleans in 1875, Hardie's father moved the family to Dallas to become the President of a bank. In 1879, the bank failed and Hardie's father leased a ranch. Hardie describes growing up on the ranch, sheep herding, serving as a cowhand, surviving tough winters, stampedes, breaking wild horses, and pulling practical jokes. While attending Austin College in Sherman, Texas, Hardie worked Jot Gunther's Anchor T Ranch. The bulk of the interview consists of Hardie repeating stories he heard from other cowhands. Hardie himself established a bank in Oklahoma, established the town of Vaughn, New Mexico and served as its Justice of the Peace, and was appointed to be a Texas Ranger.
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Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. Fort Worth City Guide Draft and Records.
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AR316-3-11
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