History, United States, State & Local, Southwest (Az, Nm, Ok, Tx)
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The Old Oil Field of Humble and its Operation
by Dr. A. G. Braddick
The first sign of oil in Humble was found by a man named Slaughter. He was eating his lunch by the San Jacinto River when he noticed bubbles coming out of the water’s edge. Slaughter discovered that it was natural gas by lighting a match to...
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All but One
Saga of the Abducted Putman Children of Gonzales Texas by Norman Jay Landerman-Moore
ALL BUT ONE is a 19th Century account of the Putman children of Gonzales, Texas, who were kidnapped by Comanche's, and their father’s relentless search to find and bring them home. Spanning four decades—the 1820s to 1860s—this dramatic novel,...
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