Texon: Legacy of an Oil Town (Images of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (999 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738579904 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Title: OUT YONDER: Professor writes about lost oil townAuthor: Ross McSwainPublisher: Go San Angelo Standard-TimesDate: 7/9/2011SAN ANGELO, Texas Jane Spraggins Wilson knows a lot about her lost hometown, and she and her husband, James A. Soon many of its houses were moved to other oil camps, the school and hospital closed and folks started moving away to seek new homes and employment. Monte Noelke, Mertzon.I'll be seeing you Out Yonder.Ross McSwain can be contacted at yonder11@suddenlink, or check his website rossmcswain. A handful remained to keep the Boy Scout troop active and to sing in the church choir."To the end, those staying were community-minded," sa
Texon a great place for a boy to grow up in Texon by Jane Spraggins Wilson brings back a lot of good memories. It gives a good discription of an early oilfield company town and what it was like to live there.There was only one Texon and there will never be another. BLOCO made sure everthing was there that their employees needed, from a Gro. Store to a S. Joyce Shaughnessy said LOVE THIS BOOK!. I lived in Texon between 1951-1960, until the camp broke up. My parents ran the grocery store. I saw pictures of my mother that I had never seen before. It was exciting to read about so much of the camp history and to see pictures, some that I had seen before and some that I had not.This is a great historical . Good Old Days I enjoyed learning more about Texon's beginning and the part played by many peoplewho I knew at least by sight when I was young. They played a great role in ourlocal community. Thanks to the authors for their hard work!
Jane Spraggins Wilson, raised in Texon, has contributed Texon-related entries to the New Handbook of Texas. Historian James A. . She has gathered an immense collection of photographs from former residents. Wilson is retired from Texas State University–San Marcos
1, the discovery well on University of Texas lands in the Permian Basin. At annual reunions, however, former residentswho remember Oiler baseball, scouting, Sunday school, and Labor Day celebrationshave kept the Texon experience alive.. Levi Smith ensured that company employees and their families enjoyed comfortable housing and community amenities, including a grade school, hospital, nondenominational church, theater, swimming pool, and baseball park, as well as a café and dry goods, grocery, and drugstores. Plymouth Oil assumed ownership in 1956 and six years later sold out to Marathon Oil