Ponca City and Kay County Boom Towns

by Clyde R. Franks

Book Overview

Man's enduring search for quick riches and hidden wealth led directly to the rush for "black gold" in the Indian Territory at the turn of the twentieth century. By 1907, when the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory joined to become the state of Oklahoma, the era of the big-money oil industry had been launched. During the first four decades of the twentieth century, Oklahoma produced four-billion barrels of crude valued at over $5 billion-more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738519707
• ISBN13: 9780738519708
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.3"