| Description |
xiii, 190 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-172) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. History of an oil boom. There's oil out there, 1847-1901 -- The pace quickens, 1901-1904 -- The boom continues, 1905-1917 -- Decline and boom again, 1916-1982 -- pt. II. Life and labor in the Evanston oil fields : individual stories. Charles O. Richardson, superintendent of oil fields -- Clem Morrison, recluse of Spring Valley -- Arthur Whiteman, daddy of the Spring Valley oil fields -- Maude Byrne and Ira Taylor, an oil field tragedy. |
| Subject |
Petroleum -- Prospecting -- Wyoming -- Uinta County -- History.
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Wyoming -- Uinta County -- History.
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Oil fields -- Wyoming -- Uinta County -- History.
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Uinta County (Wyo.) -- History.
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| ISBN |
0976958406 (pbk.) |
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