Sitton, F L 1981-09-29
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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