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Tag: Clara Baldwin Stocker Montebello oil field

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“The Well is the Greatest in the State of California, and Thought by Some to be Unequalled Anywhere in America Today”: Some Early History of Montebello to 1930, Part Seven

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 17, 2025
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“The Surroundings and Environment of the Montebello Oil Country Are Picturesque and Attractive in the Extreme”: Some Early History of Montebello to 1930, Part Six

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 16, 2025
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  • Oil Industry

Transformation in the Teens Postview, “In This Lucky Incident There Was a Degree of Poetic Justice”: An Account of the Discovery of Oil at the Temple Lease, Montebello Oil Field, 28 January 1918

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 22, 2023
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