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RE: Hiding in Plain Sight: The Oil Wells of Los Angeles

in #history7 years ago

Very interesting article. My grandfather worked the oil fields all over southern California. The family farm in Pennsylvania was stolen by Getty after oil was found and the family ended up working the oil fields all over the world. I still remember the stink from the wells in Bakersfield in the mid 1950's.

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Getty stole the farm? That might be a good subject for a post. Working the oil fields must have been a difficult job back then.