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20138911-25
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A transcript of a Rangelore interview conducted by Woody Phipps for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with Pony Starr. This interview is identified as both a Rangelore interview and an "Ex-Outlaw" interview. Starr was born on Tom Starr (his grandfather's) plantation in 1877. His grandfather and great-grandfather were involved in internal conflicts within the Cherokee Nation surrounding the signing of the Treaty of New Echota in 1835. In the interview, Pony Starr tells stories about his grandfather, focusing on revenge killings, shootouts, and dealings with both the Cherokee and United States governments. He also describes several shootouts he engaged in himself, and his own time as an "outlaw". Finally, he describes several Cherokee men he knew in present-day Oklahoma.
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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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