Oral History Interview with Sidney Freeborn, July 2, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Sidney Freeborn, July 2, 1972

Interview with Sidney Freeborn, a resident of Fulton, Texas. Freeborn recounts his time growing up in Fulton in the late-19th century, building and owning homes in the area, working as an armed ranch hand near Carrizo Springs, developing a ranch in Orange Grove, the hurricane of 1942, policing Corpus Christi in the aftermath of the 1919 storm as a member of the Texas Cavalry, the Klan's presence in the area, the Texas Rangers, and Hurricane Celia. Mrs. Freeborn talks about her first husband, her careers in the Army and Navy, and how she arrived in Fulton.
Date: July 2, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Freeborn, Sidney
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Ray I. Mehan to I. H. Kempner, July 12, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Ray I. Mehan to I. H. Kempner, July 12, 1948]

Letter from Ray I. Mehan to I. H. Kempner discussing A. T. Lansford executing a lease in Dimmit County that was assigned to Mr. W. H. Burns and informing Kempner nothing has been done with Mr. Bishop due to his admittance into the Physicians and Surgeons Hospital in San Antonio.
Date: July 12, 1948
Creator: Mehan, Ray I.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History