Oral History Collection

MAIN ENTRY: Turner, John
DATE OF INTERVIEW: October 24, 1975
LOCATION OF INTERVIEW: Hereford, Texas
INTERVIEWER: Fred Carpenter
LENGTH OF INTERVIEW: 30 minutes
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: John Turner relates his family history and reminisces about his life in Hereford.
TAPE ONE, SIDE ONE: Family history
New Mexico
Born (1900)
Hereford, Texas (1911)
Grandfather
Cattle runs
Description of wagons
Prairies
Fires
Windmill business
Santa Fe telegraph operator (1917-1921)
Well repairing
Big windmill (1929)
Charlie Daum
Storm problems
Railroad experiences (1918)
Higgins, Texas
TAPE ONE, SIDE TWO Blank
RANGE DATES: 1900-c.1930
BULK DATES: 1911-c.1930