Robert Lee Slaughter Papers, 1921-1960 and undated

Soash, W. P. (William Pulver), 1877-1961

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A real estate developer and land colonizer in the early twentieth century, Soash was born in 1877. He founded the W. P. Soash Land Company in 1905. Operating from Waterloo, Iowa, and later in Florida and West Texas, he sold land developments in the Midwest, the Plains States, and Florida, but principally in Texas. Soash founded, with members of the C. C. Slaughter family, the Lone Star Land Company in 1924, and was extensively engaged in the sale and purchase of oil leases and royal...

United States. Farm Security Administration

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The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was established within the United States Department of Agriculture to implement the provisions of the Bankhead-Jones Tenant Act of 1937. The agency also took over certain functions of its predecessor, the Resettlement Administration (RA). The FSA made available and administered long-term loans to tenants and sharecroppers, loaned funds to rural cooperatives, and operated camps for migrant farm workers. The FSA was abolished in 1946; the Farmers Home Adminis...

Slaughter, Robert Lee, 1892-1969

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Born in 1892, R. L. (Robert Lee) Slaughter was the grandson of C. C. Slaughter and was a rancher, oilman, and entrepreneur. From 1915-1916, he operated the family's 300,000 acre ranch in Sonora, Mexico, until he was forced to leave as a result of the Mexican Revolution. Afterwards, he operated the family ranch in West Texas and then became involved with the growth of the oil industry in Hockley County, Texas. R. L. died 1969. From the guide to the Robert Lee Slaughter Papers, S 932. ...

Slaughter, Sue Alice

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Lone Star Land Company

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Land company. Formed in 1924 by William Pulver Soash and members of the C.C. Slaughter famiy for the purpose of selling Slaughter lands in West Texas, primarily in Howard, Borden, Dawson, Martin, Lamb, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, and Hartley counties of Texas. Most of the company's activities were completed by 1944 and the firm dissolved in 1955. From the description of Records, 1879-1955, (bulks 1915-1955). (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24324054 ...

United States. Resettlement Administration

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Soash, George W.

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