Images of America Book: El Dorado: Legacy of an Oil Boom - By Jay M. Price Vanquish 540 Pro Rubber Dipped Handle

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Bedrock and wash prospecting

and everyday treasure hunting adventures

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Images of America Book: El Dorado: Legacy of an Oil Boom - By Jay M. Price Vanquish 540 Pro Rubber Dipped HandleThese books are packed with images and stories about the history in this area. They are perfect for research or just a good read. In 1915, workers struck oil at a well in Butler County, Kansas, called Stapleton #1. Over the next several years, civilian and military demand for oil transformed what had once been the farm towns of Augusta, Towanda, and El Dorado (pronounced El Dor AY do in local parlance) into petroleum communities. Risk taking