[Gravestone marker and photograph of married couple Charles Weldon Burgoon and Joy M. Burgoon]

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Photograph of Charles Weldon Burgoon and his wife Joy M. Burgoon's gravestone marker located at Trinity Cemetery in Denton, Texas. The red granite gravestone reads "The Cowboy and the Lady" in all capital serif and white letters with a black and white oval shaped photograph of the couple centered above the text. The photograph shows Charles and Joy as a young couple posing for the camera outdoors at what appears to be a field, which the creator states is the Burgoon Roping Arena on east McKinney Street in Denton, Texas. The black and white photograph included on his gravestone shows … continued below

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Spooner, Pam March 15, 2021.

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Photograph of Charles Weldon Burgoon and his wife Joy M. Burgoon's gravestone marker located at Trinity Cemetery in Denton, Texas. The red granite gravestone reads "The Cowboy and the Lady" in all capital serif and white letters with a black and white oval shaped photograph of the couple centered above the text. The photograph shows Charles and Joy as a young couple posing for the camera outdoors at what appears to be a field, which the creator states is the Burgoon Roping Arena on east McKinney Street in Denton, Texas. The black and white photograph included on his gravestone shows Charles standing in front of a wooden post that holds up a wire fence. Joy M. Burgoon is standing to the left of Charles behind the wire fence and is holding onto the top portion of the fence. Charles is wearing a white cowboy hat, a light colored or white button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up over his elbows and jeans. Joy is wearing a dark colored or black dress and has a hairstyle reminiscent of the 1940s with pinned curls.

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1 photograph : col. 3264 x 2448

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Description from donor: "Both sides of gravestone inscribed for (Charles) "Weldon Burgoon", Trinity Cemetery, Denton, Texas and inscribed pre-need for his wife, Joy M. Burgoon. This photo is also included in the appendix photos of Mr. Burgoon's oral history recorded in 2012, and the caption notes that it was taken in 1948 at the Burgoon Roping Arena on east McKinney Street, Denton. The couple married 7th July, 1950 (a wedding photo is also in the oral history appendix)."

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  • Preferred Citation: University Memory Collection, University of North Texas Special Collections

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Oral History Interview with Charles Weldon Burgoon, May 23, 2012 (Book)

Oral History Interview with Charles Weldon Burgoon, May 23, 2012

Interview with Charles Weldon Burgoon, life-time Denton resident and owner of Weldon's Saddle Shop. The interview includes Burgoon's experiences as a child in Denton, his genealogy, and Denton city and country history. Burgoon gives details about area rodeos, schooling in Denton, his summer job mowing lawns, experience with country living, and other various jobs including leather-working and tooling. He talks about the lack of shotgun shells and metal bathtubs during the Second World War, the courtship and marriage of his wife, the Cowboy Turtle Association, selling hand-made goods at rodeos, the Dallas Sportatorium, and professional wrestling. The interview also includes the opening of Burgoon's saddle shop and western store, Harpool's Farm Store, changes in his saddle shop, and the involvement of his daughter in the saddle shop. Burgoon talks about his son's college years and move to California, rental properties and the effect of the recession, and his thoughts on work ethic. It includes an appendix with photographs, a list detailing the images, and an article on The North Texas State Fair and Rodeo.

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  • March 15, 2021

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  • Dec. 21, 2021, 1:19 p.m.

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Spooner, Pam. [Gravestone marker and photograph of married couple Charles Weldon Burgoon and Joy M. Burgoon], photograph, March 15, 2021; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1872533/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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