Oilfield Trash: Life and Labor in the Oil Patch

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acidizing of wells, – Adair, Paul Neal “Tex,”  African Americans, , , , , ,  Aladdin Pre-fab Homes, Inc.,  Alexander, Ford,  Alexander, John,  Allman, William,  Amarillo Gas Company,  Amarillo Oil Company,  Amarillo, Tex.,  Barfield, Plummer,  Batson, Tex.: Batson Prairie, ; description of, –; lawlessness, – Beaumont, Tex.: administrative center, ; lawlessness, –; living conditions, –; population, – Benedum, Mike, ,  Bentley, George,  Best, Tex.,  Big Lake Oil Company,  Big Lake, Tex., , – Black, Sivalls, and Bryson Tank and Manufacturing Company,  Blasdel, Eugene E.,  Bluebonnet Oil Company,  boll weevil, ,  Bolshevik bomb,  boomtowns: built near workplaces, ; contrasts between, –, –; nature of, –, – Borger, Asa “Ace,”  Borger, Tex.: businesses in, –; comparison to Pampa, Tex., –; founded, ; lawlessness, –; living conditions in, –; oil production around, ; population of, ,  Bowers City, Tex.,  Breckenridge, Tex.,  Brown, J. D.,  Bryant, Bill, –,  Burkburnett, Tex.: discovery well, –; living conditions in, –, rotary drilling at,  Byrd, Peck,  cafes, –,  camps: Borger, Tex., ; contrast to towns, ; Crane, Tex., ; demise of, – ; development of, –; early, –; East Texas, –; Goldsmith, Tex., ; Gulf Coast, ; Iraan, Tex., ; Humbletown, ; Permian Basin, –; support of towns’ economies, ; West Texas,  carbon black,  Carruth, “Shorty,” – casing crews, – Castleberry, Mattie, ,  Champion, Frank,  Chester, C. M., ,  Chiles, Eddie, –,  Christmas tree, – Clayco #,  Cline, Walter, –,  coal oil Johnny,  Colorado City, Tex.,  Columbian Tank Company,  company towns: Phillips, Tex., ; Texon, Tex.,  Index  INDEX Corsicana, Tex.,  Cotton, “Doc,”  Cotton, William,  Cowden, Elliott,  Coyle, “Bud,” ,  Crain Lumber and Manufacturing Company , – Crane, Tex.,  crime: see lawlessness Cromwell, Carl, – Cullen, Bob, – Cullinan, John S., ,  Cullum, Landon Haynes, , , – Daisy Bradford wells, – Deane, Early,  Deep Pay Village,  Deer, Claude,  Delco-Light Corporation,  Denver City, Tex.: established, ; living conditions, ; trailer houses, ; WW II,  derrick man,  derricks: jackknife, ; steel, , ; wooden, – Desdemona, Tex.: bust, ; discovery well, ; drilling activities, –; leasing, –; oil waste,  Dillard, A. R., – Dixon Creek Oil Company,  Dixon, Crown, – Doran, Paul,  drill bits: cable tool, , ; fishtail, , ; roller cone, –; tri-cone rotary,  drillers, nature of, , –, – drilling mud: arguments against, , ; invention of, – drilling rig, cable tool: changes in, ; demise of, , , ; history of, – drilling rig, rotary: arguments against, , –; beginnings, ,; crews, , , , , –, –; drillers , ; early uses, –; history of, –; safety on, ; tour changes on,  drilling tools, – Drummer Oil Company,  Duke, Joe,  Durham, Ralph,  East Texas oilfield: discovery well, –; living conditions in, –; martial law in, ; size of,  Electra, Tex., – Emory, Grant, – Empire Pipeline Company,  entertainment,  families, –,  Field, N. L.,  fights,  fire, – fire fighting: history of, –; techniques of, – fishing tools, – Fondrell, Bill,  food, – Fowler’s folly,  Fowler. S. L., – Fox, Chris P.,  freighting: automobiles, –; demise of teamsters, –, ; Gulf Coast, –; history of, –; Permian Basin, ; teamsters vs truckers, –; trucking, –, –, , – Gainesville, Tex.,  Galey, John H., – geologists: early use of, ; objections to,  INDEX  Gladewater, Tex.,  Gladys City, Tex.,  Gladys City Oil, Gas, and Manufacturing Company,  Goldsmith, Tex.,  Gordon, W. K.,  Gould, Charles N.,  Graybeal, Joseph, – grocery stores,  Guffy, J. M., – Hagy, Lawrence, ,  Hamill, Al, , – Hamill Curt G., , – Hapgood, C. M.,  Happy Hollow, – Harding, “Whitey,”  Hedberg, J. A.,  Henderson, Tex.,  Higgins, Pattillo,  hiring practices,  Hispanics, , – Hoffman, Pete, , – Hogtown: see Desdemona Holt, Jerry,  Hopper, A. C.,  House, Boyce,  housing: at drilling locations, ; in East Texas, –; in Permian Basin, ; WWII, ; see also trailer houses; see also camps Hughes, Howard Sr., – Hull, Burt, – Humbletown, ,  independents,  Iowa Park, Tex.,  Ivey, Buff,  jackknife rig,  jack squib,  jar head,  Joiner, C. M. “Dad,” – John Ray Dome,  Johnson, Harold R., – Johnson, J. P.,  Johnson, “Peewee,” – Johnson, R. L., – Johnson, W. R., – Keith, Gus, – Kilgore, Tex., , – Kinley, Myron, – Knight, Jack, ,  Krupp, Haymon,  labor: for majors, ; s shortage, ; origins of, ; Permian Basin, ; during WWI, ; during WWII, – labor unions: attitudes toward, ; on Gulf Coast, ;  strike, ; among rig builders,  Laster, E. C.,  lawlessness; at Batson, –; at Beaumont , –; at Borger, –; at Burkburnett, –; at Kilgore, : overrated, ; at Ranger, ; at Wink,  Lefors, Tex.,  lifestyle: borrowing, ; moderating circumstances, –; nature of workers, – lighting: yellow dog lanterns, –; portable generators, – Lloyd, A. D. “Doc,”  Locklin, Dee, – Lomax, Thornton,  Longview, Tex.,  Love, Mary Florey,  Lucas, A. F.,  Lucey Manufacturing Company,  Lynch, Gerald, –  INDEX majors, ,  Maloney Tank Manufacturing Company,  Matteson, Ed P., –,  Matties Ballroom,  McCamey, George B.,  McCamey, Tex., – McCleary, “One Eyed” Jack,  McIlroy, S. D. “Tex,” –,  McKinney, C. L., , ,  McKlesky, J.H., – McLeod, Henry,  Mendenhall, Toby,  Midland, Tex., ,  Mirus, Carl, –,  mobile homes: see trailer houses Monahans, Tex.,  Morely, Harold,  mud: see drilling mud Mud, Dr.,  mud eater,  National Tank Company,  Nichols, H. P.,  Nobles, M. C.,  Odessa, Tex.: housing, ; oilfield supply center, ; population, ; working man’s town,  oil patch, ,  oilfield culture, – Overton, Tex.,  oxen,  PDQ Houses,  Pampa, Tex.: –, population, ; compared to Borger, –; oil production, ; living conditions, ; lawlessness,  Panhandle of Texas: description of, ; population, –; oil production,  Panhandle City, Tex., – Panhandle oilfield: boom, –; gas location, ; oil location, ; oil production, ; population, ; size of,  Panhandle Pipeline Company,  Parkersburg Rig and Reel...