Due to a high-producing oil well on club property, instead of paying dues, members of the Jeems Bayou Hunting & Fishing Club received royalty income. The well, drilled by the Producers Oil Company, flowed at the rate of 9,500 barrels per day. For their share, each of the 56 members received $422 per month, the equivalent of $10,138 today. The club was originally called the Ananias Hunting & Fishing Club and its name was taken for the train stop on the Kansas City Southern Railway tracks that ultimately became the town of Oil City.
Among the members, comprised of Shreveport and Texarkana citizens is former Louisiana Governor Newton Crain Blanchard.
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