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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
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charley Fenoglio, December 7, 1981
Interview with Charley Fenoglio, a United States Navy veteran from Montague, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of 1941 while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania.
Date:
December 7, 1981
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Fenoglio, Charley
System:
The UNT Digital Library