Rise of the Permian Chapter 2

Boomtown by Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly

Dec 17, 201938:04Society & Culture

We go back to 1923, and the Santa Rita No. 1, the well that put West Texas oil on the map. We recount the beginnings of rowdy boomtowns and the swaggering wildcatters whose influence would eventually lead all the way to...

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