Homemaker. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development around Sinton-Portland, Texas, 1910-30. Agrarian life.

Retired carpenter, farmer, municipal employee. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development of the Coastal Bend area of south Texas, 1910-50. Life on the Taft Ranch; President William Howard Taft’s visit; agrarian social life; Mexican-Anglo relations; comments about African Americans.

Farmwoman, homemaker. Her observations on land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1910-70. Small town social life; agrarian life; Mexican-Anglo relations; King Ranch.

Farmer, automobile mechanic. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development around Sinton, Texas, 1900-20. Agrarian life; President William Howard Taft’s visit to La Quinta Ranch.