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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 Victor R. Scoville. Scoville was born in 1889 on his father's ranch ("Cloverleaf") in Frio, LaSalle, and Zavala Counties in Texas. He rode horses from a young age, and became a cowhand. In his interview, he discusses the process of busting horses, creasing wild mustangs, trail drives, shipping cattle on the railroad, and stampedes. He left ranch life and worked in oil fields, but continued to ride horses in rodeos in and around Fort Worth. He also served in World War I and returned with a stomach injury that ended his ranch career, so he worked in advertising for a beer company by riding a trained mule through towns.
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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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AR316-4-3
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