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On My Honor - The Story of Scouting in Oil City, Louisiana
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Saturday, September 26, 2015
A Streetcar Named Ananias
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Imagine Stanley Kowalski yelling "Hey Stella! " while standing in the street, only the setting is not New Orleans, but instead O...
Friday, September 25, 2015
The First Marshall, TX To Oil City, LA Auto Trip
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Excerpts from a full-page advertisement in the Dallas Morning News that touted the reliability and ruggedness of a Buick automobile owned...
Friday, August 21, 2015
An Advocate For Local Oil Workers
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John Glover Mynatt (1884-1918) was an oil field worker who became a local leader during the organized labor movement that swept oil fiel...
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Looking Past and Forward In 1965
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An article titled "Oil City - Petroleum's Grandaddy In Caddo!" appeared in the Feb-1965 Louisiana Municipal Review. Mooringspo...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
A Little Spelling Bee Champ
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Mary Bell White Belaire (1920-1996), was the daughter of druggist Elzie Hansford White and wife Mary Bell Murdock White. From Winn and T...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Tall (And Not So Tall) Tales
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Dedicated to true, or not-so-true area stories of a humorous bent. Did A U. S. President Once Visit Oil City? Here's an interesti...
Friday, July 17, 2015
Entertainment In The Early Days
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Speed (the silent version) Did you perhaps attend when "Speed" opened at the movie theater in Oil City? Huh? What are you talki...
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