Tulsa: Oil Capital of the World (Images of America) - Softcover

Kemm, James O.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738533521 ISBN 13: 9780738533520

Verlag: ARCADIA PUB (SC), 2004

Inhaltsangabe

In 1905, a gusher of "black gold" sprang up southwest of Tulsa, two years before Oklahoma became a state. The site, known as Glenn Pool, became the first major oil field in Oklahoma, with reserves so huge that it could produce millions of barrels of crude. As word of the boom spread, a rush of laborers, lease buyers, oilmen,promoters, producers, and speculators flooded into the area with dreams of striking it rich. Oil fields adjacent to Glenn Pool developed, and Tulsa, which grew to be Oklahoma's second largest city, became the hub of the oil industry. Tulsa: Oil Capital of the World tells the story of one Oklahoma town's rise to fame and fortune and its emergence as an international leader in business and politics.

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James O. Kemm, a Tulsa resident, retired here after a career in petroleum trade association management. A University of Missouri journalism graduate, he taught journalism at Rider College, worked as a newspaperman, and wrote Let's Talk Petroleum. He served as president of the Oklahoma Historical Society and was executive editor of the 1997 statewide Oklahoma Energy Centennial commemorative publication.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: ARCADIA PUB (SC)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0738533521
• ISBN 13: 9780738533520
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128
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