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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 Tom McClure. McClure was born on his father's stock farm in Wise County, Texas. He grew up working on the ranch, and eventually went to work on trail drives for Andy Coston, who had a government contract to supply the Indian Territory with beef. He describes trail drives, stampedes, fording rivers, and roping contests. He later became a peace officer and sheriff known as the "Six shooter-less Sheriff" because he never carried a gun with him.
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Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. Fort Worth City Guide Draft and Records.
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AR316-4-1
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