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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 William A. Priest. Priest was born in 1877 on his father's farm in Guadalupe County, Texas. From a young age, he rode horses and worked as a hand at the family farm, which included herding cattle. As an adult, he moved to the Pecos River region and worked as a cowhand, horse wrangler, and other jobs at the W Ranch. In his interview, he discusses busting horses, food culture, roundups, trail drives, stampedes, the Cattleman's Association, feuds, and shootouts. He spends a large portion of the interview describing the evolving techniques employed by cattle rustlers, which he saw both as a cowhand and after his election as the Sheriff of Winkler County in 1914.
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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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