OHB 0024 | Oral History

OHB 0024

Co-founder (with husband Ross, deceased 1948) of Wolfe’s Nurseries, Stephenville, Texas. Family backgrounds; education; their move to California; visits with Luther Burbank and his influence in starting pecan nursery business in Texas; Ross’s sales career with other nurseries; founding his own business, early struggles; origins of Burkett Pecan; growth and expansion; Ross’s death and sons running business; sale of business.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 42 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Floyd Jenkins
Date of Interview November 30, 1978

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