Texon: Legacy of an Oil Town Jane Spraggins Wilson

Texon: Legacy of an Oil Town

Author: Jane Spraggins Wilson
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Book Title
Texon: Legacy of an Oil Town
Author
Jane Spraggins Wilson
ISBN
9781531652791
From 1924 to 1962, Texon was a model company oil town in Reagan County, Texas. Pittsburgh-based Big Lake Oil Company developed the town site next to the Big Lake Oil Field and Santa Rita No. 1, the discovery well on University of Texas lands in the Permian Basin. Pres. Levi Smith ensured that company employees and their families enjoyed comfortable housing and community amenities, including a grade school, hospital, nondenominational church, theater, swimming pool, and baseball park, as well as a cafe and dry goods, grocery, and drugstores. By the end of World War II, the Big Lake Field's declining production meant a smaller workforce and a declining Texon population. Plymouth Oil assumed ownership in 1956 and six years later sold out to Marathon Oil, which ended company support for the town. At annual reunions, however, former residents--who remember Oiler baseball, scouting, Sunday school, and Labor Day celebrations--have kept the Texon experience alive."Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Jane Spraggins Wilson, James A. WilsonPublisher: Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsPublished: 05/23/2011ISBN: 9781531652791Pages: 130Weight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d
From 1924 to 1962, Texon was a model company oil town in Reagan County, Texas. Pittsburgh-based Big Lake Oil Company developed the town site next to the Big Lake Oil Field and Santa Rita No. 1, the discovery well on University of Texas lands in the Permian Basin. Pres. Levi Smith ensured that company employees and their families enjoyed comfortable housing and community amenities, including a grade school, hospital, nondenominational church, theater, swimming pool, and baseball park, as well as a cafe and dry goods, grocery, and drugstores. By the end of World War II, the Big Lake Field's declining production meant a smaller workforce and a declining Texon population. Plymouth Oil assumed ownership in 1956 and six years later sold out to Marathon Oil, which ended company support for the town. At annual reunions, however, former residents--who remember Oiler baseball, scouting, Sunday school, and Labor Day celebrations--have kept the Texon experience alive."

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Jane Spraggins Wilson, James A. Wilson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Published: 05/23/2011
ISBN: 9781531652791
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d
From 1924 to 1962, Texon was a model company oil town in Reagan County, Texas. Pittsburgh-based Big Lake Oil Company developed the town site next to the Big Lake Oil Field and Santa Rita No. 1, the discovery well on University of Texas lands in the Permian Basin. Pres. Levi Smith ensured that company employees and their families enjoyed comfortable housing and community amenities, including a grade school, hospital, nondenominational church, theater, swimming pool, and baseball park, as well as a cafe and dry goods, grocery, and drugstores. By the end of World War II, the Big Lake Field's declining production meant a smaller workforce and a declining Texon population. Plymouth Oil assumed ownership in 1956 and six years later sold out to Marathon Oil, which ended company support for the town. At annual reunions, however, former residents--who remember Oiler baseball, scouting, Sunday school, and Labor Day celebrations--have kept the Texon experience alive."

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Jane Spraggins Wilson, James A. Wilson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Published: 05/23/2011
ISBN: 9781531652791
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d