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Faces of Amarillo No. 3 - Oil & Gas (1987) Panhandle PBS Sound | 1987 Normal Large video Large content Full video
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Lawrence Hagy on the rise of the oil and gas business in the Amarillo area and the first discovery of oil in 1918
Finding oil and gas on the Masterson Ranch as related by Clarence Williams and the American Smelting and Texaco Plant in Amarillo
Stanley Marsh III on his grandfather’s oil experiences and other oil boom speculators
S.B. Wittenberg on early oil workers flocking to Borger and Amarillo, resulting in a population boom and a degree of lawlessness in Amarillo
Vesta Vineyard on the young oil workers and their lawlessness
Ray Hollingsworth on his father’s business and Amarillo Hotel and Palo Duro Hotel and its significance during the oil boom
On the construction of housing and buildings for the oil workers such as Talmadge Place
The decline of the oil boom with the discovery of oil in East Texas
Tom Bivins summing up the three main industries in 1980s Amarillo: oil, cattle, and real estate
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About the video Texas Locations Keywords This is a segment from the Faces of Amarillo documentary series that aired on Panhandle PBS, a television station in Amarillo, in February 1987. “Oil & Gas” explores the history of the oil industry in the Panhandle and how this industry complimented the existing ranching and agriculture industries in the Amarillo area. This film was produced by Lynanlary Production and Amarillo College Television.
TFC 1980s 1980’s documentary PBS Panhandle PBS television tv television series television show tv series tv show Amarillo Potter County Randall County Borger Hutchinson County oil well oil rig oil oil industry natural gas gas industry industry business petroleum Masterson ranch ranch infrastructure real estate oil boom Talmadge Place Palo Duro Hotel laundry cleaning clothes money economy law order saloon speculators oil speculator transport transportation train Mark Meredith Meredith Mark narrator narrated by Charles Wolflin Wolflin, Charles Lawrence Hagy Hagy, Lawrence Clarence Williams Williams, Clarence Stanley Marsh Marsh, Stanley Stanley Marsh III S.B. Wittenberg Wittenberg, S.B. Vesta Vineyard Vineyard, Vesta Theo Zweig Zweig, Theo Ray Hollingsworth Hollingsworth, Ray Tom Bivins Bivin, Tom E.M. Blackburn Blackburn, E.M. E. M. Blackburn Blackburn, E. M. Tom Priolo Priolo, Tom Thad Ansley Ansley, Thad J. Allon Gifford Gifford, J. Allon Ernestine Smith Nobles Nobles, Ernestine Smith Jamse Gordon Gordon, James
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