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20138630-845
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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 Bud Singler. Singler was born in 1870 on his father's farm in Chambers County, Texas and moved to Refugio County with his family at a young age. At 13, he began working as a cowhand on the Linney Ranch and later worked for the Welder Ranch. In his interview, he describes stampedes, rustling, fence cutting, trail drives, feuds, and murder. A primary focus of the interview is the process of busting horses, including an explanation of the different types of "pitching" a cowhand might face while riding a wild horse for the first time. He also references a flood in the Aransas Pass in the early twentieth century.
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Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. Fort Worth City Guide Draft and Records.
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AR316-4-3
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