Long Beach Area History: Petroleum Entrepreneurs

(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
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Abstract / Summary: The development of southern California oil fields in the 1920s attracted people from all over the country who were hoping to strike it rich. Although most of them didn't, some became successful by supplying equipment to drillers, buying and selling petroleum products and drilling wells for speculators.
Field of Interest: Letters and Diaries
Content Type: Oral history
Format: Related Web resources
URL: https://csulb-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.3/206609
Publisher: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
Place Published / Released: California
Subject: Letters and Diaries, History, Communities, Economics, History, Labor force, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, California, Long Beach, CA, North America, Signal Hill, CA, United States
Keywords and Translated Subjects: United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos