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Drilling for Black Gold: “The Brea-Olinda Field: A Phenomenal Producer Reserve” in Union Oil Bulletin, May 1925

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 31, 2026August 1, 2026
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Drilling for Black Gold: Sharing Early Olinda (Brea) Oil History With the Orange County Historical Society, 1865-1889, Part Seven

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 22, 2025
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Drilling for Black Gold: Sharing Early Olinda (Brea) Oil History With the Orange County Historical Society, 1865-1889, Part Six

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 20, 2025February 21, 2025
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Drilling for Black Gold: Sharing Early Olinda (Brea) Oil History With the Orange County Historical Society, 1865-1889, Part Five

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 19, 2025February 20, 2025
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Drilling for Black Gold: Sharing Early Olinda (Brea) Oil History With the Orange County Historical Society, 1865-1889, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 16, 2025
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Drilling for Black Gold: Sharing Early Olinda (Brea) Oil History With the Orange County Historical Society, 1865-1889, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 15, 2025
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Through the Viewfinder While Drilling for Black Gold With a Pair of Snapshots of the Olinda Oil Field, 29 March 1916

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 29, 2024March 30, 2024
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Read All About Drilling for Black Gold: An Oil Field in the Suburbs of Los Angeles in “Scientific American” Magazine, 17 July 1897

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 17, 2020December 30, 2020
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