- WESTERN COMMUNITY
- Milton and Archie Talley, Western Community,
c. 1918.
- Kerr-Lynn Oil Company Crew Members
who helpeed bring in the Barnett No. 1 well, east of Magnolia in 1938.
Front row, from left: Howard Watson, Henry Pryor, Sweet Freeman, Buster
Kuhlman, Floyd Watson, Harold Freeman, and Robert Ray. At back, from
left: Floyd Burse, Hosie Atkins, Dick Bryson, Raymond Goddard, Slim
Glover, Paul Ransum, and Jack Rogers. They used a new-type rig brought
in from Oklahoma City, and after several months drilling, brought in a
saltwater-free gusher on March 4, 1938. This was the beginning of Columbia
County's Oil Boom. Photo and identification courtesy of W. B. "Buzz"
Sawyer, a former Magnolian who ran across the picture at the C and K Petroleum
offices at Oklahoma City. The copy work is by Robert Walz.
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