OHB 0060 | Oral History

OHB 0060

Owner and operator, C. R. Fowler Hardware, and mayor, Krum, Texas. Family background; origins of Denton County Library; school experiences in Krum; experiences in Dallas during Depression; employment at father’s hardware store in Krum, 1933; effects of Depression on Krum; effects of World War II on hardware business; phase-out of farm implement business, 1958; experiences with appliance division of store and its phase-out, 1965; purchase of store from father, 1967; description of shelf hardware stock; sale of business, 1981; description of clientele, market area, profit margin, and financing of store; farming in Krum; decline of business activity in Krum, 1940s; incorporation of Krum and election of mayor, 1954; efforts to develop Krum; civic activities; impressions of Sam Rayburn, Lyndon Johnson, and Graham Purcell.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 99 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Floyd Jenkins
Date of Interview September 28, 1981

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