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Barbers Hill’s Storied Past Recalled By Local Resident
FRANK KRYSTYNIAK profiles F. MM. Busch of Mont Belvieu who reflects on Barbers Hill history from the 1928 oil boom through the Great Depression. Busch recalls early settlers Amos Barber, local mills, Goose Creek, and life around the hill, including railroads, roundups, bootleggers, fights, and bank closures that ended the boom era.
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Frank Krystyniak
F. MM. Busch
Mont Belview
Star Bering
Busch
Barbers Hill
Barbers
Hill
Amos Barber
Baytown
Southern Pacific
Barber's Hill
Main Street
Bay Town
Goose Creek
Jack
Barber's Air
Sinclair
Wilburn Place
East Texas