William Box Hancock Collection
Scope and Contents
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Cowboy. A typewritten autobiography of Hancock's life as a cowboy, primarily at the Woodard and Oge Ranch near San Antonio, Texas, with descriptions of five of his trips up the Western Trail driving cattle, of San Antonio, Rockport, Fort Griffin, and Alpine, Texas, Camp Supply and Fort Reno, Indian Territory, and Dodge City, Kansas, along with an account of his work on ranches in Dakota Territory.
Dates
- Creation: 1925
Restrictions on Access
On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.
Available for public access.
Extent
1 item (1 item)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Autobiography: Source of acquisition--Unknown. Method of acquisition--Unknown; Date of acquisition--1966.
Subject
- Earp, Wyatt, 1848-1929 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Alpine (Tex.) -- Description and travel
- Dodge City (Kan.) -- Description and travel
- Fort Griffin (Tex. : Fort) -- Description and travel
- R-S Ranch (Indian Territory)
- Rockport (Tex.) -- Description and travel
- San Antonio (Tex.) -- Description and travel
- Woodard and Oge Ranch (Tex.)
Topical
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
