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Oil Pioneers Group #8
Oklahoma Oil Pioneers
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Undergraduate 2
11/16/2011

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William Bryon Osborn Sr
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Born in Arkansas, learned self-reliance and initiative from his upbringing on the family farm.
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William Bryon Osborn Sr
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eight-grade education, he came to Sasakwa in Seminole County, Oklahoma, and found work in a bank.
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William Bryon Osborn Sr
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rose to become the bank manager and a well-known and trusted member of the community
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William Bryon Osborn Sr
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partnership with bank president, Jim Fleet he began acquiring leases in Seminole and adjacent counties
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William Bryon Osborn Sr
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played a prominent role in the development of the highly productive Greater Seminole Oil Field in the 1920’s.
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William Bryon Osborn Sr
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Based in Ada, his company, Fleetborn Oil, was a pioneer in the discovery of the Fitts Field in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, and an important participant in other oil and gas fields in Oklahoma and Texas.
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William Bryon Osborn Sr
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sold Fleetborn to Crusaders Petroleum in 1937 for $5 million
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William Bryon Osborn Sr
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with a sixth sense for productive oil lands, he was soon back in the oil business
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William Bryon Osborn Sr
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. Driving down a Texas highway, he stopped to observe a drilling rig and promptly bought 200 acres of what turned out to be highly productive leases.
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William Bryon Osborn Sr
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Successive generations have followed in his footsteps in the oil and gas business.
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Chesley Coleman Herndon
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born in Clarksville, Tennessee, the son of a Confederate officer
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Chesley Coleman Herndon
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worked as a traveling salesman and as the business manager of a wholesale tobacco firm to save money for law school.
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Chesley Coleman Herndon
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After graduating from Cumberland Law School and being admitted to the Tennessee bar, he came to Chickasha in 1910, seeking opportunity in the new state of Oklahoma
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Chesley Coleman Herndon
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Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Grady County,
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Chesley Coleman Herndon
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won the highest of accolades for his oratory, leading him to be compared with the nation's greatest orator, William Jennings Bryan
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Chesley Coleman Herndon
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legal expertise led to his appointment as Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
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Chesley Coleman Herndon
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entered the private sector and Won the admiration of William Skelly, while winning a case against him
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Chesley Coleman Herndon
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became Vice President and General Counsel of Skelly Oil Company, a position he retained until his retirement in 1956.
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Chesley Coleman Herndon
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was widely respected for his personal integrity as well as his legal ability.
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Chesley Coleman Herndon
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a pioneer through his leadership role in establishing an interstate agreement to reduce overproduction of this precious resource
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Clyde M. Becker
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“With a rip and a roar, and a kick and a cough
The Wilcox sand was paying off…
And those who stood by understand
Why oil men all are brotherhood.”
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Clyde M. Becker
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ballad of The Rambling Rockhound are testimony to the humor of this Oklahoma oil pioneer, known and admired for his technique al expertise and personal integrity
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Clyde M. Becker
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Born in Iowa, he graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1912
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Clyde M. Becker
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spent his early career in the mining industry in Colorado and New Mexico.
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Clyde M. Becker
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After service in World War I, he entered the petroleum industry
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Clyde M. Becker
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he formed and became president of the Becker-Reed Oil and Gas Company
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Clyde M. Becker
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a pioneer for his discovery of the Carter-Knox field in southwestern Oklahoma
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Clyde M. Becker
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After serving for a brief period as deputy proration umpire with the Oklahoma State Conservation Department, returned to the mining industry
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Clyde M. Becker
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he returned to the mining industry, opening up the Portland Gold Mine in Kingman, Arizona
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Clyde M. Becker
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served widely as a consulting geologist in the United States, Canada and Mexico
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Clyde M. Becker
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had six sons, each of whom obtained a degree in geology from the University of Oklahoma
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Walter Roy Ramsey
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was a pioneer in the development of the Oklahoma City oil field
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Walter Roy Ramsey
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Born in Texas, he moved to Ardmore as a small child and grew up on a ranch
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Walter Roy Ramsey
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he had no formal training in geology and petroleum engineering and, indeed, never attended college
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Walter Roy Ramsey
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brief period of study at a private business school in Ardmore prepared him as a bookkeeper
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Walter Roy Ramsey
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went to work for a bank in Oklahoma City and succeeded well enough that within five years he had bought his own bank.
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Walter Roy Ramsey
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Hard work was his' key to success
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Walter Roy Ramsey
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By day, he worked in the bank; by night, he was a newspaper reporter; and on the weekend, he devoted himself to real estate business
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Walter Roy Ramsey
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he was in the oil business, playing an important role in the development of the Healdton Field and the Cement Field in Oklahoma
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Walter Roy Ramsey
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Along with his brother, W.E., " " remained convinced of the potential of Oklahoma City as oil producing area, despite costly failures
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Walter Roy Ramsey
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. Their, “dogged persistence” was rewarded. After the Mary Sudik No.1 came in on March 26, 1930, he sold leases worth more than $2 million, while holding on to extensive tracts in the area.
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Lee Eldas Phillips
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one of the five Phillips brothers who became prominent oilmen
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Lee Eldas Phillips
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father was a Union veteran of the Civil War, a small farmer and carpenter
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Lee Eldas Phillips
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After a brief stint as a schoolteacher, L.E. gave up the prospect of job security and a $40 per month salary to plunge with his brother Frank into the oil fields Oklahoma.
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Lee Eldas Phillips
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Anna Anderson well No.1 came in, marking the beginning of what became " " Petroleum Company
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Lee Eldas Phillips
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. also opened Citizens Bank and Trust in Bartlesville, and it was to the banking side of the " " interests that he devoted his talents.
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Lee Eldas Phillips
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became one of the most distinguished bankers in the Middle West, serving as the director of the Federal Reserve Bank for District 10 (Kansas City) from 1926 until his death in 1944
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Lee Eldas Phillips
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staunch Republican, a prominent civic leader, and a superb public speaker
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Lee Eldas Phillips
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was called “genius” in the organization and direction of charitable fund-raising activities
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Lee Eldas Phillips
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At the height of the Great Depression, it was said of him and his brother: “There are many millionaires in this world but only a few of them who deserve to be. " " we number among them.”
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Lloyd Noble
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One of Oklahoma’s most distinguished sons
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Lloyd Noble
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grew up in Ardmore, where his father, Sam, and his uncle, Ed, ran first a wholesale grocery business and then a hardware store
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Lloyd Noble
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After studying at Southeastern State College in Durant, he taught school, then attended the University of Oklahoma and served in World War I.
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Lloyd Noble
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After he and Art Olson divided their drilling company, he formed Noble Drilling Company in 1921
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Lloyd Noble
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An innovative and highly successful pioneer of the oil industry
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Lloyd Noble
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left an enduring legacy of philanthropic activity and service to his state and country
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Lloyd Noble
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he was the first Carter County Republican elected to the Oklahoma State Legislature
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Lloyd Noble
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he established the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, a charitable trust, which in now one of the top 50 philanthropic foundations in the U.S.
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Lloyd Noble
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Noble Foundation’s gifts made possible the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Lloyd Noble Center
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Lloyd Noble
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served two terms as an OU Regent and is widely considered to be one of the most effective and far-sighted regents in the history of the University
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Lloyd Noble
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was awarded OU’s Distinguished Service Citation in 1950
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Lloyd Noble
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was inducted into the National Petroleum Hall of Fame.
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