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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 M. Hardeman. Hardeman, whose uncle, J. Baily Hardeman, was a signer of the Texan Declaration of Independence, was born in Robertson County, Texas. His father moved the family to Williamson County, between Round Rock and Taylorville (now Taylor). The majority of the interview consists of Hardeman reciting information about various families and public servants in the early days of Taylor. He discusses killings, shootouts, feuds, and court cases. He also briefly describes cow camps, winter issues, a heel-fly plague, and the coming of fencing to the range.
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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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AR316-3-11
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