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Interview with Zeb William Rike - Part 02
Zeb William Rike and Robert Everett Norton
Zeb William Rike discusses his early years, his family, his college band, his architectural works in the Valley and the growth of McAllen. Part 2 of 2.
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Interview with William Robinson
William Robinson and Robert Everett Norton
William Robinson was born in 1915 in McAllen Texas.
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Interview with David J. Sweeten - Part 01
David J. Sweeten and Robert Everett Norton
David J. Sweeten was born in 1919 in El Paso, Texas. He talks about settling in the Valley in 1946 after being discharged from the Army Air Corps. Part 1 of 2.
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Interview with David J. Sweeten - Part 02
David J. Sweeten and Robert Everett Norton
David J. Sweeten was born in 1919 in El Paso, Texas. He talks about settling in the Valley in 1946 after being discharged from the Army Air Corps. Part 1 of 2.
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Interview with Eric John Dube
Eric John Dube and Robert Everett Norton
Eric John Dube was born 04 December 1907. He tells an informative story about life in the McAllen area including visit of troops, character of Main Street, use of the Hidalgo-Reynosa Ferry, work in the Post Office. Tells of a train trip into the Valley stopped because of sand drifting across the tracks.
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Interview with Edna Doris Parks Dubois - Part 01
Edna Doris Dubois Parks and Robert Everett Norton
Edna Doris Parks Dubois tells of her childhood in Colorado, her move to the Valley, stories of early Valley life and the telephone system. She was born 1 December 1897, in Longmount, Colorado.
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Interview with Edna Doris Parks Dubois - Part 02
Edna Doris Dubois Parks and Robert Everett Norton
Edna Doris Parks Dubois tells of her childhood in Colorado, her move to the Valley, stories of early Valley life and the telephone system. She was born 1 December 1897, in Longmount, Colorado.
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Interview with Robert T. Elmore
Robert T. Elmore and Robert Everett Norton
Robert T. Elmore gives an overview of the produce/agriculture industry in the Lower Rio Grande Valley from a shippers viewpoint. He was born May 26, 1920.
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Interview with Harvey Jack Ferguson - Part 01
Harvey Jack Ferguson and Robert Everett Norton
Harvey Jack Ferguson talks about his experiences in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and his career with Upper Valley Aviation in McAllen, including the avionic advancement, instrumentation, design and manufacture. He was born April 9, 1919. Mr. Ferguson also describes his early life, parents
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Interview with Harvey Jack Ferguson - Part 02
Harvey Jack Ferguson and Robert Everett Norton
Harvey Jack Ferguson talks about his experiences in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and his career with Upper Valley Aviation in McAllen. He was born April 9, 1919.
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Interview with Larry William Fritz
Larry William Fritz and Robert Everett Norton
Larry William Fritz talks about his parents, moving to the Valley in 1934, and the operation of the St. Clair Canning plant.
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Interview with Minnie Norton - Part 01
Minnie Norton Millikan and Robert Everett Norton
Minnie Everett Norton was born in Crossville, Alabama in 1898. She taught school at Ojo de Agua before she graduated from high school. She also witnessed the "Battle of Ojo de Agua". She describes growing up in Alabama where she was born, and working on the farm with her family. Minnie describes the train trip from Alabama to Texas, all the way to Harlingen. There she learned Spanish in school. The family moved to McAllen in 1914. Minnie taught seventh grade in San Jose ranch after getting her teaching certificate while still in high school. She describes the bandit raids and teaching in English only classes. The interview then covers Minnie’s marriage and life in the Rio Grande Valley, attending Pan American in 1963.
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Interview with Minnie Norton - Part 02
Minnie Norton and Robert Everett Norton
Minnie Everett Norton was born in Crossville, Alabama in 1898. She taught school at Ojo de Agua before she graduated from high school. She also witnessed the "Battle of Ojo de Agua". Norton continues her description of teaching in the Rio Grande Valley in the early 1900s. Then goes on to describe the Battle of Ojo de Agua in more detail. She discusses her husband’s conscription in World War I interrupting their marriage plans. Norton’s husband then worked in the Hollis Rankin telephone company and installed early phone services in the Valley. She discusses housework during that time. The interview then switches to a copy of the part 1 recording.
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Interview with Willie Jones Turner - Part 01
Willie Jones Turner and Robert Everett Norton
Willie Jones Turner was born in 1917. He talks about his early life and education in Houston and at the University and his work in the petroleum industry. Part 1 of 2.
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Interview with Willie Jones Turner - Part 02
Willie Jones Turner and Robert Everett Norton
Willie Jones Turner was born in 1917. He talks about his early life and education in Houston and at the University and his work in the petroleum industry. Part 2 of 2.
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Interview with Charles Edward Cameron
Charles Edward Cameron and Robert Everett Norton
Charles Edward Roi Cameron was born on July 6, 1906 in Gomez Farias, Tamaulipas. His name is Scottish. His father was Scottish and his mother was French Canadian. He talks about the Mexican Revolution.
Father's life in Canada including member of Royal Canadian Mounted Police, medical school, move to Mexico and life there. Move to United States in 1916, work with troops there. Birth of family in Mexico. Life in U.S. in 1920's, the Reynosa-Hidalgo Ferry. Schooling in Pharr and McAllen, work during summer. Land features of the Valley, disasters. War service, teaching, marriage, family, work as customs inspector.
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Interview with Elias Cavazos - Part 01
Elias Cavazos and Robert Everett Norton
Elias Cavazos talks about his parents and grandparents. He discusses his early years in McAllen. He tells about his working experience with the railroads and as a telegrapher at Western Union. He shares his progress through Western Union including moving to distant cities as he was promoted. He tells about the changes that McAllen and the Rio Grande Valley experienced between 1925 and 1977. He also discusses lands and Porciones in the Valley and how lands including Porcion 72 came to be under his family and relatives and then sold. He mentions his experiences in New York City where he lived and worked. He also talks about his wife Catherine Cavazos.
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Interview with Elias Cavazos - Part 02
Elias Cavazos and Robert Everett Norton
Elias Cavazos talks about his parents and grandparents. He discusses his early years in McAllen. He tells about his working experience with the railroads and as a telegrapher at Western Union. He shares his progress through Western Union including moving to distant cities as he was promoted. He tells about the changes that McAllen and the Rio Grande Valley experienced between 1925 and 1977. He also discusses lands and Porciones in the Valley and how lands including Porcion 72 came to be under his family and relatives and then sold. He mentions his experiences in New York City where he lived and worked. He also talks about his wife Catherine Cavazos.
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Interview with Ada Lee (Richmond) Chisum
Ada Lee Chisum and Robert Everett Norton
Ada Lee Richmond Chisum, born on 21 July 1908, relates the story of her grandparents moving to Texas in the late 1800's. Her father worked for the railroad in Yoakum. All the children were born in Yoakum. She tells of early McAllen, the soldiers stationed in McAllen, Richmond Plumbing Company, the Great depression, and the Old Timers Club. She died on 22 May 1996.
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Interview with Nell Rose Fitch
Nell Rose Fitch and Robert Everett Norton
Nell Rose Fitch relates her life story. She talks about her early years in Valley Mills, Texas her schooling and career as a nurse. She was born September 30, 1921.
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Interview with Carl Frederick Griffin
Carl Frederick Griffin and Robert Everett Norton
Carl Frederick Griffin was born in 1913. He tells about his family, personal life and the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge.
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Interview with Ana Hernandez
Ana Hernandez and Robert Andrew Nelson
Ana Hernandez was born in 1905 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. She talks about growing up as an orphan and the lack of education.
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Interview with Gilbert Raul Longoria
Raul Gilbert Longoria and Helen Louise Weaver Williams
Gilbert Raul Longoria was born in 1913. He describes border life in the Rio Grande Valley from 1913 to present.
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Interview with Polly Proctor - Part 01
Polly Proctor and Robert Everett Norton
Polly Proctor was born in 1914. Part 1 of 2.
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Interview with Polly Proctor - Part 02
Polly Proctor and Robert Everett Norton
Polly Proctor was born in 1914. Part 2 of 2.
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