Word: anahuac
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...King of the Wildcatters" by fellow Texans, Glenn was a moderately successful filling-station operator until 1933. Borrowing a rig from a friend, he drilled several failures, then struck in Big Creek and the Conroe field, sold out the latter for $50,000. From there he moved on to Anahuac in Chambers County. Drilling two and a quarter miles north of the centre of a field controlled by the majors, he struck again, proved the northward extension of Anahuac, the second largest field on the Gulf Coast, sold out for almost a million. More McCarthy wells followed in West Beaumont...
...Fierro and his mechanic, Arnulfo Cortes, flew a low-wing Lockheed-Sirius named Anahuac (Aztec Empire) almost identical to that now flown by the Lindberghs. They scarcely deviated from their predetermined course, landed only 35 min. later than their 16-hr. time allowance...
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