United States, Tarrant County, Texas
· 1941-02-11
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Gauthier, Sheldon F., Simmons, Tom
Gauthier•Sheldon F. ,Ranaelore. Tarrant coe,Dist.,a7 Page 41 FC 240 Tom Simmons, 779 living at the aestbrook hotel, tort Worth,Texas, wee both Aag.,491SA10 in the State of aississippi, where he received cduCation and studied law. After he wee graduated, he came to Texas, which was in 14, to establish a la% praetice. BO settled in the Town of Decatur, Wise co., where he practicea is prcaession until the Ft.W.41 D.C. railroad built through the town. Shortly thereafter, he oved to Fort aorth,…
Tarrant County, Texas, United States
· 1941-02-11
· 14 pages
Recorded by: Gauthier, Sheldon F., Shultz, James E.
7:44 Conthiar, Tieidon ,langelere Tarrant ao 'nat.!? Page #1 James •SWAB, fi,iivbg et 3913 nallaap it.. Part Nav**. Tex., was born on a tame at "ells Om** is 41mso es"fts" !me 15.14086 Ills tether, 'tows* '381"1 SthltS;, mod land and aultlested a smell treets also raised eattia. Sams 10'. nuns beget hie now ears., working only daring rowdily pertain. Theis later, worked as a steedy espial** licz the "wan ranch. MI witnessed a gun battle between two Notions of cattlemen Is the streets of nano.…
Tarrant County, Texas, United States
· 23 pages
Recorded by: Gauthier, Sheldon F., Stiers, George S.
WO* Oauthier,3beldon F eiregolose, Tarrant Co"Adetva 7 ',14;64,-.- Pstg. 1 Pc 240 Georg, S.Stiers,73„livingat the County nome Tr,rrant Coo weximes born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservetion„So Dek, Jan 8218644, Ms father was 9amedienftirsmdb and his mother a Soulx Indian, lier maiden nemPs wits 4sbasha Wolf) and a granddeughter of aitting Bung. Stterswa mother followed the Indian custom of naming tho children after the mother end named her child Tells Webesba(Red WolnwvIsh moms he used until be…
United States, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
· 20 pages
Recorded by: Gauthier, Sheldon F., Snow, Tom J.
Gauthier, sholdon r, }tangelos.* Tarrant Co.„Iliot./V rage fl PEG Tom J. Mow, 74„ living at 1704 ay st.„ Fort Worth, Tex', was be/sues. 15,186$, in Cleburne sostAls•,, on a tarn owned by his talker, rohosmems Sr. Its father, Inc served in this Confederate Army during the Civil -War, died five years after the war terminated, when young Tom was only seven yearn old. Tom Deneneolit a natural ability for handling and 4ding horses and at the age of 16 was able to ride almost any horse. He was so…
Tarrant County, Texas, United States
· 19 pages
Recorded by: Gauthier, Sheldon F., Riley, Edward W.
.00)thier..4holtiel0 :flolore. arran! Co4Aotli, '24247 fi Pere ey.70 seetelivinp it 1111 Au)S bora in Arerenee oo,2enns, pre0i-1 omen, of the Civil us?. HO ha0,17 eSatine hie are for several g he states,becans of the belief tshould set thenk Poout His father ti y,van n prceporous' plqntati s3 a aeos man otter t:1 the 01011 lest he Oust:wen durinr the wtir ea* SS lusioa his finance an in a deetituS0 óMjtton. -The .1 toy family miprated to. in 18,4 They traveled by train ad thence by Swain and…
Texas, United States, Tarrant County
· 1941-02-11
· 9 pages
Recorded by: Phipps, Woody, Rogers, Sam J.
Phipps, 7oo ngelore -arrant Go Dist. f7 Sam. J. Rogers, 67, was born -in Ill. His father moved the family to :tick Cd.i Tex., in 1075. His father, who had beim a horse trainer in Ill., tetught Sam to ride at an early age. His father bought a stock- farm in Jack Co., in 1879._ This gave Sam an opportunity to learn to work cattle, and lee= to be a eosiihoy. He was -empl,)yed as -1:a cowboy by Henry Reynolds, when Sam was 14. He was again employed on the Knox Bros. jack Co. ranch from 1906 until…
Texas, United States, Tarrant County
· 1941-02-11
· 10 pages
Recorded by: Patrick, Riley, Phipps, Woody
7544 /24:14, Phipps, woody Nflngelore Tarrant Co., Dist 47 Riley Patrick, 75, was born tpr. 3, 1862, in Albany N.T. His father, a Union soldier, moved the family in 1865, to Ft. Riley, Indian ?err., or, to the site the City of Tulsa, Okla., now oeoupiee. mile tetriok was taught to ride's horse at an early age, and rode one to school as a child, he didn't work any cattle until Sam Burnett, who operated a ranch S. or Ft. Riley, employed him in 1883. He left in 18&17, and drifted to San Angelo,…
Tarrant County, Texas, United States
· 1941-02-11
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Pearson, Harry, Phipps, Woody
r Phipps, Ioody Rangelore Tarrant Co., Dist. #7 Page #1 PC Harry Pearson, 53, was born in Lamar oo., !ex. His father operated a farm, then moved to Pickens co., Indian Torr., in 1888, to establish a stock term. Hnrry was taught to ride a horse at an early age, and was employed on different outfits until he was 20, when he quit the range to go to 7t. Worth, Texas., where he entered the cattle commission business on the Stock Yards. Us was again employed on the range in 1934, and is able to…
Tarrant County, Texas, United States
· 1941-02-11
· 12 pages
Recorded by: Phipps, Woody, Pruitt, Edward T.
/V -tic -4),:u? Phipps, Woody Rangslere Tarrant Coos Dist. 7: Edward T. Plisuitta: resident Massnis Nome for Aged near it. reb. Ms 12841, near MA. War s Ala. A rids, a aft he bsas a cautor on the SW nosh from 1$90 to and later b,ght a 10 section ranch 2 i:al. W. of Pest Tex. Was 1q1o4 a Mr. Pruitt (ne ***latices) in 3*97 to trail boss a 1800 both herd to Medicine Hats Canada from Posts Tex. wIlet just an old man but I've surf Window critters on the ranch and the trail drive. was born February…
Tarrant County, Texas, United States
· 1941-02-11
· 17 pages
Recorded by: Pearson, B.r., Phipps, Woody
foody 1-ngelore .rrant Co., rdst. A7 DO. Pearson (Idaho Bill), 39, torn July 28, 1888, -:est of the Missisalppi Hiver and on the Oregon Trail. Knut ;learson, his father, was a carpenter, stone -and brick mason who built homes and cleared land fora promoter in this territory. 1 -le also owned _a number of horses that he used to hunt buffalo. his gave Idaho Bill an opportunity to learn to ride a horse at an early age. He has spent his life around horses and held a nu-lber of rodeo contests in…
Texas, United States, Tarrant County
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Ludwig, R. E., Phipps, Woody
Phipps, oody 'iangelore rarrant Jo., ist. 7 R.E. Ludwig, 74, was born Feb. 14, 1864, in Ft. Worth, Tex. An orphan at five, he was wholly dependent on his relatives for sustenance. At eight, one of his aborts was pasturing milk coin for his neighbor- hood. At 10, Jim Ellis, another relative, used him on the Ellis Renoh, loc. near Ft. Worth. At 15, Tom Bays, another relative, employed him on the Bays Renoh at Big Springs, Tex. 11 Mos. later, Col Godwin empl)yed him on the CT Ranch at Merkel,…
United States, Mexico, Tarrant County, Texas
· 9 pages
Recorded by: De La Flor, M. C., Phipps, Woody
hipps, 4!oody Rangelore4spenish) 'arrant Co., Dist. 17 !P.C. De La for, 47, residing at u07 Valley St., Ft. Worth, Tex., was born in 'Eagle Pass, Tex. His mother remarried when he was but eight months, and his step- father, who was a oowboy, took the Ilemlly to the Uadero Ranch IniOnahailt_Stater Mex. De La for was taught to rids and rope at an early age, and was need Sc a regular cowboy before he was le. His stepwfather took the family away from the ranch and into TOV311 in 1902, but returned…
United States, Tarrant County, Texas
· 1941-02-11
· 10 pages
Recorded by: Dobbs, W. L., Phipps, Woody
.1004! lanp;atiore, !arrant 1^ rage 11 rin r (1111) -'0•bbs, 0.)was born on_his Ito. n 4nnin oo.,Tex.,"Jun• 21,18/. n Bill Me tire, years oil, his father move )iis stook an' family from Tannin Go., to 4_,.."-te:1.4,Mi,..etit'llex, where he !onto' a partnership with 3_11's two uneles Georg* an' l eery Slack, miners of the fanious italeshoe :tanoh. 1111- 7r1i, up on ths Vuleft°. RaiYoh, was taught to rioe horses at four any helps' work with the oartie at five years of agar. fie works' In the…
Tarrant County, Texas, United States
· 1941-02-11
· 10 pages
Recorded by: Deering, Dan, Phipps, Woody
F4f ILAtgl t 3 isy Ner3 'Di A-i-EcT "ahippe, woody- Hengelo?* Tarrant Co., Dist. 47 paw) #1 !P.0 7% Dan Deering, le, was brought to Texas in 1889, when his family moved there to establish a farm in Gonzales Co. Re began doing the chores at five, and was plowing at seven riding the iplow stock tease fields. He became a good horseman befOre be was 1.6, at which time he was employed as a eowboy with* trail herd going from Gonzales Co. to Dodge °Sty, Kans. He re- turned home to work far a year,…
United States, Tarrant County, Texas
· 1941-02-11
· 10 pages
Recorded by: Crittendon, Will, Phipps, Woody
f- 2 -'oody 7111pps, loody Rangelore (negroe) l'arrent Co., Dist. 'ill Crittendon, 69, was born on his father's stoat farm at Cedar Grove, r7ex. He le,:rned to ride a horse at an early age, -nd herded cattle at six. -hen he was nine, A.E. Powe, cattleman, employed i11 es a cowboy to assist in driving a herd from 7ills ”oint Texas, to his 1.re ')anch, near Paducah, -ex. "111 finished the drive, then returned home, where he again herded for his father. "hen he was 15, Yill got 50 mules together…
Texas, United States, Tarrant County
· 1941-02-11
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Crenshaw, C. M., Phipps, Woody
-hipps, •o)dy IThngelore .:alTant 30. :Ast. C.1..Orenshewle46, wrs born at Gonzales, ex. He vms taught to ride a horse at an early age, and WPS riding the rene at the ago or ten.rhen he was employed by the McLaren Pariah, near. Gonzales as a range rider. He was employed by the L Bar D Bench at Palo Pinto when he as 14, went on a trail drive at the age of Id, another when he was 18 end was employed by the GLD Eench. lie was employed by the DDD hanch in the Indian Territttry when he was 19, then…
Tarrant County, Texas, United States
· 1941-02-11
· 11 pages
Recorded by: Crawford, Ed, Phipps, Woody
444-.11 Phipps, loody Rangelore "arrant Co., Dist. "7 Crewford, 88, was born on his father's ?snob in San Saba Co., Tex. Fa vas taught to ride horses at an early age, and was employed as a cowboy on the TOT Ranch in San Saba Co., when he was 10. Re later became so proficient in riding wild horses that he was employed on several ranches as a horse trainer. Then later, he entered contests and rodeos, later promoting three rodeos of his own. With his savings, he purchased the /T Ranch in San Saba…
Tarrant County, Texas, United States
· 1941-02-11
· 10 pages
Recorded by: Cowan, Troy B., Phipps, Woody
Phipps, Aoody' Page il Rangelore Tarrant Co.,DiLt.y7 FAC 2rey :es OowanP 9 b9 was born on his father's 10A1 ranoh, in Arat h oo.,Te.4.,Aug. 1.1m. He leanred to ride early, and was employed on three .trail drivel) from Anderson co. to -iest ?Oxus counties, in 1884, 08i and 091. Following the Artve-104891, his father established a raneh in qlynn oleo- lastil 1910 the rand' oenaiated of four Sections, at whioh time it was out into homesteads and rented to farmers. Gowen was never employed by…
United States, Tarrant County, Texas
· 1941-02-11
· 22 pages
Recorded by: Cody, Harry Buffington, Phipps, Woody
V) re; I- KS F F —R. 1r NG-a— c.c. (3ody Bangalore 7artent Co., Dist. J7 Harry Tuffington Cody called 7iuffalo Cody by his friends beoause-of,his relat- ionship with the genuine Buffalo.B611 end his middle name, 71iffingtonf, 83, was born 3ept.20, 1854, 16 M1.7N. of Yankton. ?err. of Dakota. -A tribe of -Sioux Indians raided his father's farm, killing his parents. fled Cloud, chief of the tribe, took Cody to raise. 'our Yrs later, Cody escaped the .tribe. Being an orphan and not having any one…
Texas, United States, Tarrant County
· 1941-02-11
· 10 pages
Recorded by: Phillips, Richard C., Phipps, Woody
Phipps,- 7loody- WJngelore Tf-rrant Co., -Dist. Richard C. Phillips, 630 was born on his father's reach near Bandera, Tex. !!is father taught ,him to ride a horse, then died a few months before Phillips was five Yrs of age. Ris mother's depth when he was 12, left him an orphan. He was still 12 Yrs old when he was employed as a cowboy on the .7estern Union Beef CO. Ran*, which owned large no. of sections of lend, and a large No. of Gatti.. After slat Yrs, the N.U. Beef Co. sold their holdings…