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The two begin planning their next caper by tricking a quartet of Southern investors into thinking that there is oil buried underneath a local cemetery. Before long, the growing costs for digging up the supposed oil begin causing everyone to begin double crossing and backstabbing everyone else, leading to an explosive conclusion.
James Marion West Jr. (September 26, 1903 – December 18, 1957) was a Texas oilman.He was the son of James Marion West Sr., the businessman who created the West family fortune, and brother of Wesley West.
As a Sunset magazine article from 1912 later reported, "She was an expert in testing oil, hired all the men" and was involved in every part of the business. [4] By the early 1900s, Emma Summers had built an oil empire and was perhaps the most important oil tycoon in the area.
Li'l Abner was a satirical American comic strip that appeared in multiple newspapers in the United States, Canada, and Europe.It featured a fictional clan of hillbillies living in the impoverished fictional mountain village of Dogpatch, USA.
Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons.This type of warfare is distinct from nuclear warfare, biological warfare and radiological warfare, which together make up CBRN, the military acronym for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (warfare or weapons), all of which are considered "weapons of mass destruction" (WMDs), a term that ...
In 1879, robber baron and gold mining tycoon Bartholomew Bogue, accompanied by an army of hired guns, seizes control of the frontier town Rose Creek and forces the residents to work as cheap labor for his mine. Being denounced by the residents, Bogue has their church torched and several of the townsfolk, including farmer Matthew Cullen ...
Glenn Herbert McCarthy (December 25, 1907 – December 26, 1988) was an American oil tycoon. The media often referred to him as "Diamond Glenn" and "The King of the Wildcatters ". McCarthy was an oil prospector and entrepreneur who owned many businesses in various sectors of the economy.
This is a list of Apple II games.The Apple II had a large user base and was a popular game development platform in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. See here for a list of 16-bit Apple IIGS games.