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20139954-61
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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 W. H. Thomas. Thomas was born in 1870 on his father's farm in Collin County, Texas and moved to Johnson County as a child. As a child, he labored at the farm and learned how to ride a horse. He particularly enjoyed working with the horses and cattle, and wanted to become a cowhand. He began working at Lyt Johnson's ranch and later worked for Eel Davis's ranch, both located in Throckmorton County, Texas. In his interview, he describes various aspects of the life and work of a cowhand, including food, music and singing, wagons, stampedes, antelope, and range fires.
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Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. Fort Worth City Guide Draft and Records.
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AR316-4-4
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