Rise of the Permian | Chapter 2
Update: 2019-12-17
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Description
We go back to 1923, and the Santa Rita No. 1, the well that put West Texas oil on the map. We recount the beginnings of rowdy boomtowns and the swaggering wildcatters whose influence would eventually lead all the way to the White House.
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Pappy O'Daneil was a Democrat.
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The discovery of #oil in Texas, the West and also in the Middle East literally fueled the fires of war. It wasn't merely incidental, as this podcast maintains @ ~7 minutes in