Oil Well Construction Behind Church
by Bettmann
Title
Oil Well Construction Behind Church
Artist
Bettmann
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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(Original Caption) Oklahoma: Oil Wells In A Church Yard. Members of the congregation of the little country church at Tohkawa, Oklahoma, are up in arms against oil prospectors who have drilled wells in the yard of the church property, as pictured. The oil well operators assert their lease on the property permits them to drill wells in the churchyard and cemetery, and seek to have the courts sustain their claims. Member of the congregation are on guard at all times, and seek to prevent the operators from drilling. They have refused thousands of dollars offered for the property, which is one of the richest oil centers in the state of Oklahoma.
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May 12th, 2020
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