Finis Conyers Gillespie oral history interview, 1991 May 15.

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Finis Conyers Gillespie oral history interview, 1991 May 15.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71059276

Subjects of interview include: early life in Lugert, Okla., with a story about claim jumpers attempting to take claim held by Gillespie's father; end of "struggles" between Indians and soldiers in Soldier Spring; Lugert tornado in early 1900s; move to Hobart and later practice of law with Judge James R. Tolbert; Ku Klux Klan parade and cross burning (1923 or 24); property owned at Cedar Top and Devil's Backbone; Ozark Trail (forerunner of U.S. Route 66); early businesses in Hobart including Hovaka Hotel; restoration of city landmarks; fires; and Old Settler's Reunion (Kiowa County).

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