Collin County – The Way it Was: As Told by the Pioneers Who Lived its History

Bicentennial Oral History Project, 1976, edited by Mike Apsey

These oral history audio files are all available in MP3 format for download (below). They are also available as non-circulating CD’s in our Genealogy Department at the Roy and Helen Hall Library. 

MP3 File	Size in MB
Final Collin County Program	5.6
4th of July 1976	6.9
Benton Staley: Frisco	7.1
Bessie Heard	25.9
Bill Aaron: McKinney	7.6
The Bois D'Arc Tree	5.8
Bud Fondren: McKinney	7.0
Clarence Cox: Early McKinney	7.6
Col. Tom Emerson: McKinney	6.2
D. Mosley: Early Texas	5.5
E.G. "Pat" Simpson: McKinney	7.7
Edgar Cornell: Christmas in Early McKinney	6.8
Ella Moreland: Altoga	8.5
Fred Biggs: McKinney	6.4
Gladys Harrington: Plano	7.6
Grady Mills: Law in McKinney	6.2
I-30 Texas History	10.4
Ira Boren: Frognot	7.3
Marshall Watkins: Mule Teams in Texas	7.5
Martha Schubertz discusses Elbert Kirkpatrick	21.9
Max Bomar: McKinney	6.6
Mid Year Summary of Programs	5.8
Mr. E.B. Nelson: McKinney	14.6
Mr. G. Richardson: Plano	7.5
Mr. W.M. Jeter: McKinney	7.5
Mr. & Mrs. H. Knight: Fairview, Part 1 | Part 2	Part 1: 7.0 | Part 2: 14.5
Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Davis: McKinney's Dairy	8.0
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Myers: McKinney	8.2
Mrs. Griffin: The Old Thompson House	6.9
Mrs. J. Lyman Davis	7.4
Mrs. Jessie McNeil: Early McKinney	6.2
Mrs. Mattie White	29.1
The Peters Colony	16.1
Railroads in Early Texas	7.5
Sam Hill Part 1 | Part 2	Part 1: 30.3 | Part 2: 7.2