Word: burkburnett
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hundred-fold the oil fever that was then sweeping Texas. In addition to many old-time operators thousands of persons hastened to Texas who knew nothing at all of the business. Enormous areas of the State were placed under lease, thousands of wells were drilled in the Ranger, Burkburnett and Desdemona fields, and skyscrapers sprang-up in Dallas and Fort Worth to furnish office space for the oil companies and lease-scalpers...