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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 Joe McFarland. McFarland, an African American man, was born enslaved on the Cobb Plantation in Bonham, Texas. After emancipation, his mother worked washing clothes, and McFarland delivered the laundry. He learned to ride horses at a young age by asking cowhands for rides, and was hired by W. E. "Bill" Washington to work at his Cross O ranch, then later the OXO ranch in the Arbuckle Mountains of present-day Oklahoma. In his interview, he describes shooting, riding, trail drives, stampedes, hunting antelope, and dealings with Native Americans.
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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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AR316-4-1
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