Texas OilMan's Bride (Mail Order Bride Series) by Susan Leigh Carlton Page B
Authors: Susan Leigh Carlton
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major discovery. We hit gas at 1085 feet and about 100 feet further we hit black gold. I would bet my last dollar, this is going to be a bonanza. Congratulations. You had it nailed. Right where you told us,” said Robert Findley, the lead driller.
“Thanks Bob, I’m buying when I get there. Talk to you later.” He hung up and called Rebecca to give her the news. “Laura and I are going up this weekend. Can you and Bill make it?...
Good. Bring the rest of the lease contracts you drew up and let’s get them executed. This is huge, Becky. We’ll see you Saturday.”.
Thomas 1 was the first oil strike on what would be the Marshal field. It produced 76,000 barrels per day. Thomas 1 was the first of 350 wells punched into the ground in the Thomas field.
Six months later, with forty wells producing oil, Jonathon resigned his position as the Chief Research Engineer of the Texas Fuels Beaumont Office. His wife resigned the same day.
As the sole owner of The Thomas leases, Texas Fuels had increased its market share and changed its name to The Texas Oil Company to reflect its new stature. It was later shortened to Texaco.
Thomas Oil Productions Company, or TOPS as it was called, was the major player in the Marshal Oil Field. The chief executive officer of TOPS was Jonathon Thomas. Its chief research scientist was Laura Thomas, who held the position until she became an expectant mother.
Jonathon and Laura purchased land in the Marshal area where they built a home. One of the momentos on their mantle was a small jar of sheet Texas crude oil, captured and bottled by Robert Findley on the day Thomas 1 came in. Jonathon would be elected to the board of directors of Texaco, and eventually become chairman of the board.
Rebecca would marry Bill Barnes, Chief Engineer of Texaco. They would make their home in Houston. She would be named managing partner of the prestigious Edison and Larkin Law Firm.
Cassie Thomas, returned to Houston as Chief Of Surgery at the new Texas Medical Center in Houston. At this time, she is unmarried, but has recently been seen in the company of one of the prominent surgeons in the Houston area.
When Laura and Jonathon moved back to Marshal, Clint and Sarah Thomas decided to take their first vacation since they were married. They promised to return in time for the birth of their first grandchild. Their trip took them on a month long tour of Europe.
Laura delivered a son, Clinton Henry Thomas on April 17, 1904. He would attend Texas A&M, and would follow in his parent’s footsteps as a research scientist in the oil business.
The Thomas’s purchased the first motor car powered by a gasoline engine seen in Marshal. It could achieve the astonishing speed of 24 miles per hour. Sarah and Clint were nervous at such speeds, preferring their horse and buggy.
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Susan lives in a gated community just outside Tomball, Texas with her husband, two toy poodles, Bobby and Charlie, and Lissie, the cat..
Oil Patch Romance is her latest book to be published by Amazon. She says, “Oil Patch marks a complete departure from the style of the previous books in the series. I have backed way down on the descriptive sex acts. I made the hero into a jerk at the beginning, and then struggled to make him into a likeable person. I tend to be a friend of my characters, talking to them and listening to them. I was furious at him as I wrote the passage on the evaluation of Laura.”
Susan’s mother-in-law had an oil well on her property in the Conroe, TX oil field. It began producing in 1934. She has a small glass jar of crude oil from the her mother-in-law’s well. It was from this she drew the idea of the jar of oil in the
“Thanks Bob, I’m buying when I get there. Talk to you later.” He hung up and called Rebecca to give her the news. “Laura and I are going up this weekend. Can you and Bill make it?...
Good. Bring the rest of the lease contracts you drew up and let’s get them executed. This is huge, Becky. We’ll see you Saturday.”.
Thomas 1 was the first oil strike on what would be the Marshal field. It produced 76,000 barrels per day. Thomas 1 was the first of 350 wells punched into the ground in the Thomas field.
Six months later, with forty wells producing oil, Jonathon resigned his position as the Chief Research Engineer of the Texas Fuels Beaumont Office. His wife resigned the same day.
As the sole owner of The Thomas leases, Texas Fuels had increased its market share and changed its name to The Texas Oil Company to reflect its new stature. It was later shortened to Texaco.
Thomas Oil Productions Company, or TOPS as it was called, was the major player in the Marshal Oil Field. The chief executive officer of TOPS was Jonathon Thomas. Its chief research scientist was Laura Thomas, who held the position until she became an expectant mother.
Jonathon and Laura purchased land in the Marshal area where they built a home. One of the momentos on their mantle was a small jar of sheet Texas crude oil, captured and bottled by Robert Findley on the day Thomas 1 came in. Jonathon would be elected to the board of directors of Texaco, and eventually become chairman of the board.
Rebecca would marry Bill Barnes, Chief Engineer of Texaco. They would make their home in Houston. She would be named managing partner of the prestigious Edison and Larkin Law Firm.
Cassie Thomas, returned to Houston as Chief Of Surgery at the new Texas Medical Center in Houston. At this time, she is unmarried, but has recently been seen in the company of one of the prominent surgeons in the Houston area.
When Laura and Jonathon moved back to Marshal, Clint and Sarah Thomas decided to take their first vacation since they were married. They promised to return in time for the birth of their first grandchild. Their trip took them on a month long tour of Europe.
Laura delivered a son, Clinton Henry Thomas on April 17, 1904. He would attend Texas A&M, and would follow in his parent’s footsteps as a research scientist in the oil business.
The Thomas’s purchased the first motor car powered by a gasoline engine seen in Marshal. It could achieve the astonishing speed of 24 miles per hour. Sarah and Clint were nervous at such speeds, preferring their horse and buggy.
If you liked this book, tell your friends!
Visit my website Susan Leigh Carlton and see excerpts from my other books.
About Susan Leigh Carlton
Susan lives in a gated community just outside Tomball, Texas with her husband, two toy poodles, Bobby and Charlie, and Lissie, the cat..
Oil Patch Romance is her latest book to be published by Amazon. She says, “Oil Patch marks a complete departure from the style of the previous books in the series. I have backed way down on the descriptive sex acts. I made the hero into a jerk at the beginning, and then struggled to make him into a likeable person. I tend to be a friend of my characters, talking to them and listening to them. I was furious at him as I wrote the passage on the evaluation of Laura.”
Susan’s mother-in-law had an oil well on her property in the Conroe, TX oil field. It began producing in 1934. She has a small glass jar of crude oil from the her mother-in-law’s well. It was from this she drew the idea of the jar of oil in the
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