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title	:	The Soul of a Small Texas Town : Photographs, Memories, and History From McDade
author	:	Wharton, David.
publisher	:	University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0806131780
print isbn13	:	9780806131788
ebook isbn13	:	9780585295534
language	:	English
subject	McDade (Tex.)--Pictorial works, McDade (Tex.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works, McDade (Tex.)--History, Documentary photography--Texas--McDade, Oral history.
publication date	:	2000
lcc	:	F394.M46W48 2000eb
ddc	:	976.4/32
subject	:	McDade (Tex.)--Pictorial works, McDade (Tex.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works, McDade (Tex.)--History, Documentary photography--Texas--McDade, Oral history.

Page i The Soul of a Small Texas Town

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Page iii The Soul of a Small Texas Town Photographs, Memories, and History from McDade By David Wharton

Page iv This book is published with the generous assistance of Edith Gaylord Harper and Bill Stott. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc. Designed by Liz Lester Photographs and text copyright 2000 by David Wharton. All rights reserved. Published by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. Manufactured in the U.S.A. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Wharton, David, 1947 The soul of a small Texas town : photographs, memories, and history from McDade / by David Wharton. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8061-3178-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. McDade (Tex.) Pictorial works. 2. McDade (Tex.)Social life and customs Pictorial works. 3. McDade (Tex.)History. 4. Documentary photographyTexasMcDade. 5. Oral history. I. Title. F394.M46W48 2000 976.432dc 21 99-43612 CIP

Page v For Marianne, Sam, and Emily and for my parents

Page vii CONTENTS Preface ix Acknowledgments xix Part One How to Get to McDade, and What You'll Find When You Do Introduction U.S. 290, "Old" Highway 20, and "Uptown" 3 Chapter 1 The Place and the People 10 Chapter 2 Individuals 26 Chapter 3 Social Life 46 Chapter 4 The Watermelon Festival 60 Chapter 5 Family Life 74 Chapter 6 Men and Women 88 Chapter 7 Old and Young 106 Part Two McDade, Texas Introduction Memories and History 125 Chapter 8 The Celebrated Past: The Railroad, the Bad Guys, and the Good Guys 127 Chapter 9 The Forgotten Past: Decline and the Search for Respectability 135 Chapter 10 The Other McDade: The Germans at Siloah 141 Chapter 11 Between the Wars: Imagining the Past, Remembering the Present 153 Chapter 12 Camp Swift: Great Expectations 173 Chapter 13 McDade, 194580: The Decline of Community 193 Chapter 14 McDade in the 1980s: Of Change and Resistance 225 Epilogue McDade, 1998 257 Notes 279 Bibliography 289 Index 291

Page ix PREFACE This book has two parts. The first is a work of documentary photography that combines visual images and written texts to explore life in a single rural communityMcDade, Texasbetween 1984 and 1989. Its pictures and words attempt to draw connections between the people and events depicted and to examine issues of concern to community residents at the time. I hope it goes beyond merely showing what McDade of the late 1980s and the people who lived there looked like. The first part is divided into seven chapters, each a sequence of approximately fifteen photographs and accompanying text. When viewed and read in sequence, each chapter's pictures and texts introduce various themes, expand upon them, and sometimes relate them to people and themes introduced earlier. The first chapter is introductory; it provides a few facts about McDade and touches briefly on some of the themes explored in greater depth in later chapters. The photographs in chapter 2 are all portraits; they and their legends introduce individual members of the McDade community and tell a little about their lives. To some degree, this chapter serves as a partial cast of characters, as many of these individuals will be seen or heard from again. Chapter 3 examines public social life in McDade; civic, church, and family events figure prominently. All of the pictures in chapter 4 are of events associated with McDade's annual Watermelon Festival, always held on the second weekend in July. Their texts include information about the festivals of the late 1980s, recount anecdotes from earlier festivals, and point up the central significance of the Watermelon Festival to the McDade community. The remaining three chapters are more specific. Chapter 5 explores the role extended family life plays in the community, while chapter 6 compares the lives of men and women in McDade of the late 1980s. Finally, chapter 7 contrasts the attitudes of McDade's children toward their home-town with those of McDade's elderly.

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