Word: va
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...HAWKINS Richmond, Va...
Wheeling, W. Va...
...Va., N.C., S.C., Ga., Ala., Fla., Miss., La., Ark, Texas, Okla., Ky., Tenn...
Puffing on the coals of martyrdom, some Southern editors indulged in such overblown headlines as the seven-column banner in the Danville (Va...
...when "anybody could drill for oil that was of a mind to. I don't remember ever meeting a geologist or even hearing the word." Benedum, son of a West Virginia cabinetmaker, teamed up with an oilfield roughneck named Joe Trees, and hit oil in Pleasants County, West Va. in 1895. He was soon making $1,500 to $2,000 a month from the property, and drilling more wells, at one point brought in eleven straight producers...