A Stake in West Texas: Pulling a Chain and Raising a Family Across Big Oil Country
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, Travel, Biography & Memoir, Historical, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Rebecca D. Henderson | ISBN: | 9781625849083 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | January 21, 2014 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Rebecca D. Henderson |
| ISBN: | 9781625849083 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | January 21, 2014 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
In 1950, Ann was eighteen and Bob D twenty when he asked her to marry him and hit the road for West Texas. They packed their station wagon, left home and began a life of adventure together on Conoco's West Texas survey crew during the 1950s oil boom. Five kids, twenty-one towns and thirteen years on the road--Bob D and Ann's travels along the highways of West Texas are a portrait in a landscape of oilfields, railroads and ranches. Layering local history with family memoir, author Rebecca D. Henderson reveals a glimpse of mid-century West Texas through her grandparents' adventures as a young couple raising children on the road..
In 1950, Ann was eighteen and Bob D twenty when he asked her to marry him and hit the road for West Texas. They packed their station wagon, left home and began a life of adventure together on Conoco's West Texas survey crew during the 1950s oil boom. Five kids, twenty-one towns and thirteen years on the road--Bob D and Ann's travels along the highways of West Texas are a portrait in a landscape of oilfields, railroads and ranches. Layering local history with family memoir, author Rebecca D. Henderson reveals a glimpse of mid-century West Texas through her grandparents' adventures as a young couple raising children on the road..
