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Cd 134

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Dean, Reed. Black Jack’s gang stealing horses; born in Jacksboro, Texas in 1879; drove 900 head of his father’s cattle to N.M. in 1885; early life in Jacksboro, saw five men killed there; Comache Indian depredations; the winter of ’88 killed livestock and antelope by the thousands - Montague Stevens lost five thousand head and his father had only 30 left; the Apache Kid killed by Charley Apel; Mrs. Kimball is Mr. Dean’s oldest sister., September 24, 1952.

 Item — CD: 134, Microfilm: 2
Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection consists of oral history interviews with nineteenth century settlers of New Mexico. It includes 520 reel-to-reel audiotapes and 385 typed transcripts of interviews with ranchers, miners, hunters, sheriffs, naturalists, archeologists and journalists, mostly from the Silver City area. Interviewees recall everyday life and important events from the 1860s to the 1950s. Interviews were conducted by Lou Blachly, a founding member of the Pioneers Foundation. The collection includes...
Dates: September 24, 1952.