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States

[Buses and Traveling Throughout Texas] (open access)

[Buses and Traveling Throughout Texas]

Newspaper clipping from the Bus Transportation magazine that details the unknown author's various encounters with the the bus and travel industry of Texas.
Date: January 15, 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Patton Returns From Scene of Oklahoma Fire] (open access)

[Clipping: Patton Returns From Scene of Oklahoma Fire]

Newspaper clipping describing Hugh L. Patton’s extinguishing fire in Oklahoma City. The article touches upon the express concerns of Lieutenant Colonel Cicero Murray and the State conservation committee on using nitroglycerin to extinguish these fires. The well fire was extinguished by an explosion of nitroglycerin resulting in a wild and uncontrollable fire destroying 6,000 barrels of oil. The newspaper clipping is attached to a letter from R. C. Showalter to Alex Bradford informing him that Showalter would love to have a meeting.
Date: October 2, 1936
Creator: Showalter, R. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History