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Tag: Standard Oil Company of California Montebello

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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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  • Oil Industry

Oil as “A Tremendous Boost to the Little Town of Montebello”: Some Early History of Montebello to 1930, Part Five

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 15, 2025
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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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Making a Statement: A “Report of Disbursements and Receipts” for Walter P. Temple, 20 March to 19 April 1922

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 18, 2021
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Reading Between the Lines: A Letter to Walter P. Temple from Arthur A. “Ben” Gale of the United States Army Signal Corps, 20 January 1918

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 20, 2021January 20, 2021
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