Eliga "Lige" Raleigh Smith and Susan Bristow Smith interview, 1981 Jan. 16.

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Eliga "Lige" Raleigh Smith and Susan Bristow Smith interview, 1981 Jan. 16.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/176633448

Subjects of interview include Eliga's description of youth (moved from near Rocky to Hobart, then to Roosevelt where father bought property one mile west and one mile south of Roosevelt in 1901, then subsequent move to Cordell); Eliga's jobs before and after marriage (railroad, service station ownership in Roosevelt between 1936-1942, and rural mail carrier), living in Wildman, Roosevelt, and Hobart, Okla., tornadoes at Lugert and Snyder, Iron Mountain, Nest Egg Mountain, mine and cyanide plant, dances in the plant cafeteria on Sat. nights, home remedies, Henry Smith, U.S. marshal, and some family history.

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Museum of the Great Plains

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Wilson, Linda Ewing, 1944-

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Smith, Eliga Raleigh, 1898-1981

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Born near Rocky, Okla.; lived in Hobart and then Roosevelt, Okla.; worked as a railroad section foreman and a rural mail carrier; owned a filling station in Roosevelt; m. Susan Jane Bristow in 1927. From the description of Eliga Raleigh Smith photograph collection, 1897-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 182762141 ...

Smith family.

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Smith, Susan Jane Bristow, 1902-

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Smith, Henry, 1905-....

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No further information is available on Smith. For further information on Seward see an encyclopedia. From the description of Military Appointment Certificate, 1840. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 41953697 Henry Smith (1788-1851), the first governor of Texas, was born in Kentucky and moved to Brazoria County, Texas, in 1827. In 1833 Smith was elected magistrate of Brazoria and appointed a delegate to the Convention of 1833. The gover...