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20139973-88
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A transcript of a Cowboy Narrative, or Rangelore, interview conducted by Sheldon Gauthier for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with former cowboy Neal S. Watts. Watts was born in 1859 on his father's farm in Shelby County, Texas and moved to present-day Mansfield, Texas in 1868. In his interview, he describes the abundance of wild game and farming methods in Shelby County. He later began working as a cowhand for L. H. Stevens in Tarrant County, and describes roping cattle, applying a salve to injured cattle, roundups, stampedes, rustlers, and the roles of each cowhand on a trail drive. The interview also describes in detail the growth of Mansfield and the building of the Texas-Pacific Railroad to Fort Worth.
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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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