Interview with Goldsby Poag Goza

Creator

Goldsby Poag Goza
Anna S. Merrill

Identifier

ELIBR0027-Goza, Goldsby P

Files

Creation Date

3-2-1986

Disciplines

History

Description

Goldsby Poag Goza recounts her family’s move to Mercedes, Texas in 1909, where her father ran a feed store and dairy while her mother taught school and later managed the store. She describes early irrigation projects, the arrival of the railroad, and the U.S. Cavalry’s presence during World War I, which shaped the town’s growth and community life. Her memories include local schools, bandit scares, the Depression’s hardships, and the revival of agriculture through produce shipping innovations. Goza herself became a teacher, married a school superintendent, raised four children, and taught in Mercedes until retiring in 1977, later returning part-time in 1984.

Format

PDF, 12 pages

Language

English

Notes

No interview recording

Recommended Citation

Goza, Goldsby Poag and Merrill, Anna S., "Interview with Goldsby Poag Goza" (1986). Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories. 567.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/rgvoralhistories/567