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20138522-32
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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 Lois Newam. Newam was born in 1900 in Cook County, Texas on a farm. He learned to ride a horse and was considered an excellent rider by his early teens. He left Texas to work at the Flying Circle Ranch near Gillette, Wyoming, where his primary role was breaking wild horses. In the interview, he describes roundups, horse breeding, branding, accommodations, food, stampedes, and handling Hereford Cattle. The bulk of the interview consists of Newam explaining his method for training new horses for cattle work, and comparing that method to the older methods used on wild horses in Texas.
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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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AR316-4-2
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