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Profession: Farmer
Oral Histories
For 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.
Date of Interview: July 19, 1987 to July 23, 1987
Miscellaneous reminiscences about rural life, agriculture, neighbors, and homesteads in Denton County, Texas, 1900-1987. Marketing of crops; a walking tour of the old Jones Farm with descriptions of buildings, windmills, pastures, and crops; a driving tour of rural schools, cemeteries, and neighbors’ properties; descriptive tours through the Bloomfield and Fairview communities.
Date of Interview: August 19, 1987 to August 29, 1987, September 5, 1987 to October 9, 1987
Miscellaneous reminiscences about rural life, agriculture, neighbors, and homesteads in Denton County, Texas, 1900-1987. Marketing of crops; a walking tour of the old Jones Farm with descriptions of buildings, windmills, pastures, and crops; a driving tour of rural schools, cemeteries, and neighbors’ properties; descriptive tours through the Bloomfield and Fairview communities.
Date of Interview: August 19, 1987 to August 29, 1987, September 5, 1987 to October 9, 1987