Oral History Interview with Ruth Roach Salmon, November 7, 1984
Description:
Interview with Ruth Roach Salmon concerning her experiences as a rancher and rodeo performer in Nocona, Texas. Salmon discusses her family background; her work as an extra on a movie western in Excelsior Springs, Missouri; her marriage to Bryant Roach; her employment as a trick rider for Joe Miller's 101 Ranch in Oklahoma; the Miller Brothers' wild west shows; her rodeo tour in Europe in 1914; and her participation in Tom Burnett's European tour in 1924. She also talks about her marriage to Fre…
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Date:
November 7, 1984
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd Harold & Salmon, Ruth Scantlin Roach, 1896-1986
Partner:
UNT Oral History Program