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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 Richard C. Phillips. Phillips was born in 1874 on his father's ranch near Bandera, Texas. After his parents both died in his adolescence, he went to work as a cowhand at the Western Union Beef Company ranch near Fort Stockton, Texas. In his interview, he discusses various aspects of work as a cowhand, including trail drives, roundups, longhorn cattle, stampedes, and shootings.
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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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