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Oil Boom and Texas Oil Town Tales Echoed in News and Verse
A veteran Texas reporter recalls his path from Brady through Eastland to publish Oil Boom by Caxton Printers, detailing interviews with Col J. K. Hughes and Burkburnett and Spindletop lore. The piece mixes notes on oil boom districts, horse racing tax highs, regional anecdotes, maxims, and reflections on life’s pace and friendship.
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Texas
San Antonio
Doc Seller
Brady Sentinel
Coleman
Eastland
Sellers
Rising Star Record
Ranger
Desdamona
Eastland Daily Oil Belt News
Cisco
Renner
Caxton
Caldwell
Idaho
Col
J. K. Hughes
Mexia
Walter Cline
Burkburnett
Garland Ardair
Austin
Col Humphreys
The
Wildcatters
Spindletop
Fam
Ous
Arkansas
God
Doctor
Tropical Park
Florida
Maryland
Pimlico
New York
Jamacca
Chruch‘hill Downs