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Mrs. Cordia Sloan Duke |
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Dalhart,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
36° 4' 22.09856000016",
-102° 30' 55.7904999996"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
(Jan. 10, 1887 - July 23, 1966) Chronicler of a unique era in the history of the Southwest. Born in Belton, Mo. At 17, taught school in Indian Territory (Okla.) In 1907, she married Robert L. Duke, a ranch hand who had risen to division manager of the XIT Ranch (then world's largest). In addition to ther own family, she looked after the 150 cowboys who worked the 3,000,000-acre spread. Kept a diary of everyday events in ranch life around her and successfully encouraged 81 others to do likewise. Thus was preserved an authentic account of a passing phase of American life -- the cowboy and his work. (1969)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Mrs. Cordia Sloan Duke Historical Marker Location Map, Dalhart, Texas
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