Oil rig beside the Arbon school draws crowds, then drills on for five years
February 28, 1924 · Newspaper clipping
In 1924 the Gem State Petroleum Co. set what was billed as Idaho’s biggest oil rig beside Arbon’s Central school, and for five years the valley watched it bore toward oil that never came.
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- February 28, 1924
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- American Falls Press, February 28, 1924, page 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America.
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The opening of the article as printed in the American Falls Press, February 28, 1924, page 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America.
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