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OH 0121

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeWENDELL, John D. (b. ca. 1925)
ProfessionsAttorney, County Judge

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0121
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionAttorney, county judge. His observations on the development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1950-70. Operations of county government; the construction of a new courthouse for Aransas County; economy of Aransas County; boundary disputes between Aransas and Nueces Counties; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; Aransas county Navigation District; controversy over school and county tax revaluation in the early 1950s; views on conservation; Conservation Reclamation District; private subdividing of property; Aransas County Airport.
Interviewer(s)A. Ray Stephens
Physical Description66 pp.
Terms of UseOpen