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20138581-93
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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 Henry Probasco. Probasco was born enslaved in 1858 on the plantation of Andrew McGowan in Ellis County, Texas. As a young enslaved person, he worked as a cowhand. At the age of 17, he left the McGowan plantation and worked at the 111 ranch in Ellis County, where his primary job was horse wrangling. He spends the majority of his interview discussing the process of breaking and training horses, but also describes food culture, roundups, stampedes, and trail drives.
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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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