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Stockbridge, Jack., March 4, 1955

 Item — CD: 386, Microfilm: 6

Scope and Contents

Side #1: Autobiography of Stockbridge: In the middle ‘90’s worked on the railroad in Missouri; worked in a coal mine near Kansas City; worked in the Terra Cotta Brick Mine when eight men were killed; husked corn in Illinois and worked on farms. Came back to New Mexico in ’96. Went to Mexico with a horsethief when he was 12 years old and found gold nuggets. Cures for malaria and horse ailments. Side #2: Curing horse ailments; Indian horserace and carnival; worked for Roth at Las Vegas on the XYZ Ranch; cooking methods - sourdough, beans, jerky and how to make it and cook it, drying and smoking dish, killing and cooking antelope; story of the old buffalo hunter on the Sugarite and the men he killed; receiving cattle and shipping them.

Dates

  • March 4, 1955

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English Spanish

Access Restrictions

Transcripts must be accessed via microfilm (CSWR F801 P56 1960). Not all tapes have been transcribed.

Extent

From the Collection: 13 Boxes (13 cu. ft.)

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451