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OH 1438

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeJONES, Roy (b. 1897)
ProfessionsFarmer

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1438
Date(s) of interview -
DescriptionFor the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Farmer. Miscellaneous reminiscences about rural life, agriculture, neighbors, and homesteads in Denton County, Texas, 1900-1987. A walking tour of his farm with descriptions of buildings and agricultural equipment; rural social life and recreation; folk remedies and medicines; food preservation; the evolution of farm machinery; hog killing and butchering; stock raising; rail splitting and well digging; threshing; equipment repairs, improvising, and stockpiling spare parts; cotton farming and marketing; local businesses and industries; a tour of his house in Pilot Point, Texas.
Interviewer(s)Steve Renner, Kate Singleton
Physical Description238 pp.
Terms of UseOpen