Sunday, April 8, 2018

ENCYCLOPEDIA OLEUM CIVITAS

An encyclopedia of the town of Oil City, Louisiana. Click on links to read about individual subjects.

ARTISTS

Artists, Artisans, And Crafters (new)


ATHLETICS

America's Pastime In The Oilfield

Gentlemanly Arts - Boxing And Wrestling In Oil City

Memorable Athletes, Coaches, Personalities, And Teams


See also Football - The High School Years below under School.


BUSINESSES

Oil City Businesses Past And Present

Kool Point, A "Cool Place" On Caddo Lake


CHURCHES

Give Me That Old Time Oil City Religion



COMMUNITY

Acts Of Kindness And Generosity

Christmases Of Long, Long Ago


Ghosts Of Gushers Past (The Early Years Of Gusher Days)

Oil City Clinic


ENTERTAINMENT

Entertainment In The Early Days

From Oil To Earl - Oil City In Film

Oil City In Music And Its Musicians

Oil City's Last Picture Show


HISTORY




History Of The Fidelity Rebekah Lodge, No. 59

Immigrants And Their Role In Oil City History

Looking Past And Forward In 1965

Murder, Mayhem And Vice, Part I (AKA, I Found My Thrill On Reno Hill)

Oil City Burning

Oil City Timeline Part I - From The Beginning Through 1960


Oil City Timeline Part II - 1961 To Present

Patriotism, Service, And Sacrifice In The Great War

The Widow Of Jesse Stroud

Traces Of The Past That Remain Today - Well Blowouts


LABOR MOVEMENT

An Advocate For Local Oil Workers (John Glover Mynatt)

Military Occupation Of The Caddo Oil Field (1917-1918)


Oil Worker Union Locals Of The Early 20th Century

Women's International Union Label League


LEGEND AND LORE

Captain Jack Lloyd: World Traveler, Soldier-Of-Fortune, ...And Oil City Resident?

Lep Wolff's Egg Trick


Tall And Not So Tall Tales



MILITARY


American Legion Howard Fortson Post No. 138

Fallen Heroes

Remembering Oil City's Veterans


See also "Part II: Answering Their Nation's Call" under "Oil City Patriotism, Service And Sacrifice In The Great War."

Virtual Veterans Memorial (findagrave.com)


MISCELLANEOUS

A Streetcar Named Ananias

Believe It Or Not!

Camping On Caddo Lake, Circa 1923

Cotton Comes To Cleveland

Excuse Me! (Ahem) Where Do I Sign Up?

Feather, Fur, and Hooves

Germans Invade Oil City

Hunting In The Area Pre-1900


The First Marshall, TX To Oil City, LA Auto Trip



PEOPLE

22-Nov-1963 - A Local Connection (Jimmy Darnell)

Colonel James Daniel Anders (1916-1986)

A Little Spelling Bee Champ (Mary Bell White Belaire)


Mabel Cairns Farrell (1884-1927), Children's Author

Harry Lavine, The "Daddy Of The Jukebox"

Austin Glynn "A. G." Lee (1902-1976)


Hilma Mattson - A Woman Ahead Of Her Time


Notable Current And Former Residents

Oil City's "American Trilogy"

Women Pioneers Of Oil City



SAWBONES AND TOOTH PULLERS

Physicians

Alexander, Paul Thomas (future)

Floyd, Billy Wayne

McGlathery, William Rozell

Miller, Charles Sims, Jr.

Nasif, Naum George

Pardue, Cleveland Hendrick, Sr.

Phillips, Charles Walter

Rooks, John Edgar

Sellers, Calvert Otto


Dentists

Fowler, Sanders (future)

Newton, Eugene (future)

Newton, Gains Martin (future)


SCHOOL

1927 OCHS Girls Basketball

Achievement

Band Hall Days

William Franklin "Bill" Bozeman 1903-1994)

Bus Drivers, Cafeteria Workers, And Custodians

Football - The High School Years

Football Field

History