Thomas Clark Noe, 7/1/1982
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
Summary of notes: Clark Thomas is the father of Sally Noe. Mr. Noe’s father worked on the Santa Fe Railroad and the family left Missouri and moved to Gallup in 1910 in order for him to get 5 cents extra in pay - called desert pay, which brought him 60 cents extra a day. He talks about his family, schools, jobs on the railroad, cutting hay and as a cowboy herding horses and antelope. Included are tales of hard conditions, low wages, living in boarding houses, his first Model T and working in California (painter). Noe worked for the railroad checking the sealed locks on the cars and their destinations. He also fed the cattle in the immigrant cars - train cars in which whole families and their gear and animals traveled to new homes the Southwest. He describes the original layout of the Gallup railroad line, where the tracks went through town, the town being higher than the tracks, etc. (Same in Flagstaff he said.) He recalls the story of a Mr. Vogel who bought up all the land between Route 66 and Central, in Gallup (Chihuahuita), forced the people off the land and then was deported to Italy for bootlegging during Prohibition times.
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Dates
- 7/1/1982
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 2 boxes (.5 cu. ft. containing 49 CDs, transcriptions, and notes)
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
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