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20138902-10
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A transcript of a Cowboy Narrative, or Ranglelore, interview conducted by Sheldon F. Gauthier for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with former cowboy William A. Smith. Smith was born in 1866 at a plantation in Shreveport, Louisiana and moved to the Red River section of Texas during childhood. He started working as a cowhand for the McGill ranch when he was 18 years old, and describes the difficulties associated with being "green" on the range. He also explains various aspects of cowhand work, including gathering stray cattle, night riding, stampedes.
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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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