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Oil in Houston
Wildcats and sweet crude. Live in Houston long enough and you’ll learn that wildcats are exploration oil wells and the price of sweet crude – the high-quality, low-sulfur oil used for processing gasoline – is a closely watched economic indicator. But if you just got here or want a refresher on what the oil industry […]
Houston History Archives: Saving Stories of Region, Place and People
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Volume 8, Number 2
Oil in Houston Vol. 8, No. 2 (Spring 2011) Download PDF Letter from Editor 2 Faces of Texas Oil by Story Sloane III 8 We’re Sticking by Our Union: The Battle for Baytown, 1942-1943 by Michael Boston 15 Witness to the Day of Reckoning: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, March 24, 1989 A Conversation […]
Letter from the Editor – Hurricanes
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Letter from the Editor – Lawyers
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Letter from the Editor – San Jacinto
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Letter from the Editor – Arts
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Letter from the Editor – Historic Preservation
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Letter from the Editor – Coming to Houston
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Letter from the Editor – WWII
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