Energy
June 30, 1983
And Yet the Dream Endures
Don’t give up! There’s still money to be made finding oil. Up in Graham the Creswells are striking it rich with the help of Jesus and, er, creekology.
Oil
Energy
June 30, 1983
Ask Jett Rink
The quintessential wildcatter fills you in on free enterprise and Texas after oil.
Energy
June 30, 1983
The Gambler
Jack Young was the eighties’ oil boom in the flesh. Unfortunately, he also personifies the aftermath of the bust.
Energy
March 1, 1983
Texas Primer: The Right-angle Pump
West Texas was a desert when this little irrigation device came along. Now it’s a desert that produces more cotton than anywhere else in the country.
Energy
October 1, 1982
“It’s Time To Make a Deal”
The inside story of Boone Pickens’ adventures in the Wall Street merger game, featuring action, suspense, drama, a few laughs, and a special guest appearance by President Ronald Reagan.
Texas History
February 1, 1982
Texas Primer: The Hughes Drill Bit
This clunky piece of machinery made Howard Hughes very rich. It is the first in our series of things that every Texan should know.
Business
February 1, 1981
Old Oil: The Ranger Revival
Ranger was the most romantic field in the early oil boom. Now a major company is risking its future to prove that romance still lives.
Energy
February 1, 1981
Oil Boom ’81
The glory days of the oil industry aren’t over; they’ve only just begun.
Energy
March 1, 1979
Psst . . . Have I Got a Deal for You!
Oil is a slippery business.
Energy
December 1, 1978
The Friends of Cloyce Box
With friends like these, Box’s company didn’t need enemies.
Energy
December 1, 1978
So You Want to Be Chairman of Exxon?
How the world’s largest corporation decides who will make it to the top—and who won’t.
Business
July 31, 1976
Let’s Make a Deal
When Dad Joiner signed away all his oil leases to H.L. Hunt, all the cards weren’t on the table. Some were still underground.
Business
February 28, 1975
H. L. Hunt’s Long Goodbye
The strange legacy of the world’s richest man.
Energy
January 1, 1975
A Place in the Sun
Can Texas still make it as a nation? Can Dolph Briscoe make it as a sheik?
Energy
November 1, 1974
The Wildcatter’s Wildcatter
Glenn McCarthy still roars like a lion.
Energy
November 1, 1974
The Lonely Search for Oil
Of doodlebugs, boll weevils, rockhounds, and wildcatters.