Oral History Interview with Ruth Roach Salmon, November 7, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ruth Roach Salmon, November 7, 1984

Interview with Ruth Roach Salmon concerning her experiences as a rancher and rodeo performer in Nocona, Texas. Salmon discusses her family background; her work as an extra on a movie western in Excelsior Springs, Missouri; her marriage to Bryant Roach; her employment as a trick rider for Joe Miller's 101 Ranch in Oklahoma; the Miller Brothers' wild west shows; her rodeo tour in Europe in 1914; and her participation in Tom Burnett's European tour in 1924. She also talks about her marriage to Fred Salmon and her entry into ranching at Nocona in 1938; Fred Salmon's family background; ranching activities and shipping cattle to the Fort Worth and Bowie markets; her experiences raising sheep, chickens, hogs, and horses, and a description of the ranch hands.
Date: November 7, 1984
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd Harold & Salmon, Ruth Scantlin Roach, 1896-1986
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1988 (open access)

The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1988

Weekly newspaper from Nocona, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 6, 1988
Creator: Mesler, Tracy R. & Mesler, Linda L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore (open access)

T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about crafts, stories about vampires, stories about peyote ceremonies, prison folklore, folk songs, and other miscellaneous folk tales.
Date: 1982
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1983 (open access)

The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1983

Weekly newspaper from Nocona, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 27, 1983
Creator: Mesler, Tracy R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 1988 (open access)

The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 1988

Weekly newspaper from Nocona, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 22, 1988
Creator: Mesler, Tracy R. & Mesler, Linda L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1982 (open access)

The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1982

Weekly newspaper from Nocona, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 2, 1982
Creator: Mesler, Tracy R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History