Then came oil, the story of the last frontier, by C. B. Glasscock.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Indianapolis, New York, The Bobbs-Merrill company [1938]Description: 349 p. front., plates, ports. 23 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 976.6
LOC classification:
  • F694 .G58
Contents:
The trail of tears -- The frontier closes in -- The final Indian wars -- Cattle drives and boomers -- Hell on the border -- The first great land rush -- The last stampede -- The worst of the bad men -- Drama of settlement -- Then came oil -- Oil vs. cattle -- Indians have the last laugh -- Riches end the frontier -- Monuments to the oil industry -- Acomplishments mark contrasts -- Banking the oil game -- A new era in oil -- Seminole's hell and heaven -- Osage wealth, folly, and death -- Ponca City and the 101 Ranch -- Oklahoma City gushes in -- Big money poses hard questions -- Oil's accomplishments.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks F694.G58 1 Available 33710000287644

Maps on lining-papers.

"First edition."

Bibliography: p.[325]-329.

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The trail of tears -- The frontier closes in -- The final Indian wars -- Cattle drives and boomers -- Hell on the border -- The first great land rush -- The last stampede -- The worst of the bad men -- Drama of settlement -- Then came oil -- Oil vs. cattle -- Indians have the last laugh -- Riches end the frontier -- Monuments to the oil industry -- Acomplishments mark contrasts -- Banking the oil game -- A new era in oil -- Seminole's hell and heaven -- Osage wealth, folly, and death -- Ponca City and the 101 Ranch -- Oklahoma City gushes in -- Big money poses hard questions -- Oil's accomplishments.