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F. L. Sitton, son of pioneer merchant and land agent Cicero S. Sitton, describes the early oil booms of the 1920s and their effects on Pyote and other Permian Basin towns.  
  
 
==General Interview Information==
 
==General Interview Information==
  
'''Interviewee Name:'''
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'''Interviewee Name:''' F.L. Sitton
  
'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''
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'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' None
  
'''Date:'''  
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'''Date:''' September 29, 1981
  
'''Location:'''
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'''Location:''' Pyote, Texas
  
'''Interviewer:'''
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'''Interviewer:''' Richard Mason
  
'''Length:'''
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'''Length:''' 1 hour
  
  
 
==Abstract==
 
==Abstract==
  
'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
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'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' The Sitton Story manuscript,
 
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Elizabeth Sitton Price,
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F. L. Sitton,
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Born: Indian Territory (April 1, 1898),
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C. S. Sitton, father,
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Alabama,
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Carolyn Sitton,
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Canada,
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Father,
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Railroad construction,
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San Antonio, Texas (1876),
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Dickens County, Texas (1901),
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Pyote, Texas (1907),
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Land,
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Businesses,
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Trade territory,
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Nathan Rogers,
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Stock pens,
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Land promotion,
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Count and Wooder Company,
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Homes sold,
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Population increase,
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Townsite (1907),
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Drought (1917),
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Credit,
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Land leasing (1920s),
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Gas wells.
 
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:''' Oil boom (1926),
 
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"Old Man" Hendrick,
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Odessa, Texas,
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Oil wells,
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Water wells,
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Population growth,
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Railroad (1927),
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Bootlegging,
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Oil fields,
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Supply transportation,
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Wink, Texas,
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Population (1920s),
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Hotels,
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Depression (1930s),
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Pyote (again),
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Post-boom population decline,
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Odessa, Texas,
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Population,
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Pyote (again),
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Air Base,
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Future.
 
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'''Range Dates:'''
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'''Range Dates:''' 1876-1930s
  
'''Bulk Dates:'''
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'''Bulk Dates:''' 1898-1930s
  
  
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Latest revision as of 14:39, 19 August 2019

F. L. Sitton, son of pioneer merchant and land agent Cicero S. Sitton, describes the early oil booms of the 1920s and their effects on Pyote and other Permian Basin towns.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: F.L. Sitton

Additional Parties Recorded: None

Date: September 29, 1981

Location: Pyote, Texas

Interviewer: Richard Mason

Length: 1 hour


Abstract

Tape 1, Side 1: The Sitton Story manuscript, Elizabeth Sitton Price, F. L. Sitton, Born: Indian Territory (April 1, 1898), C. S. Sitton, father, Alabama, Carolyn Sitton, Canada, Father, Railroad construction, San Antonio, Texas (1876), Dickens County, Texas (1901), Pyote, Texas (1907), Land, Businesses, Trade territory, Nathan Rogers, Stock pens, Land promotion, Count and Wooder Company, Homes sold, Population increase, Townsite (1907), Drought (1917), Credit, Land leasing (1920s), Gas wells.

Tape 1, Side 2: Oil boom (1926), "Old Man" Hendrick, Odessa, Texas, Oil wells, Water wells, Population growth, Railroad (1927), Bootlegging, Oil fields, Supply transportation, Wink, Texas, Population (1920s), Hotels, Depression (1930s), Pyote (again), Post-boom population decline, Odessa, Texas, Population, Pyote (again), Air Base, Future.

Range Dates: 1876-1930s

Bulk Dates: 1898-1930s


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