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Scope and Contents Summary of transcript: Born in Fort Wingate, George’s grandfather worked for the Indian Service and was a trader. He recalls Wheeler buying trading posts, the decline in the Hubbell string of trading posts, Collier, the stock reductions and the Great Depression. As a young man, he lived with his uncle, Gibb Graham, who had lots of land in the Colonial Juarez area of Mexico because he wanted to avoid U.S. government taxes. George talks about Pancho Villa and the Mormons, ranching and how the...