Description: Louisiana's Oil Heritage, Louisiana, Images of America, Paperback Scott Heywood discovered oil in Jennings on September 21, 1901, starting a new industry for Louisiana. From the heart of Acadiana, oil fever spread north to Caddo and Pine Island, south to Hackberry and Cameron, east to Barataria and Lafourche, and into the Gulf of Mexico. The oil industry created a worker class in Louisiana that had not previously existed. Towns, complete with schools, churches, and grocery stores, developed in oil fields; in fact, cabins with clothes hanging on the line to dry were adjacent to derricks and open oil pits. Today, families proudly recount the number of their generations that have worked in the "oil patch," and workers continue to contribute to a current crude oil production of nearly 200,000 barrels per day. The legacy of Louisiana's first oil fields is evident in towns like Jennings, Evangeline, Oil City, Morgan City, Lake Charles, and Cameron, and the history of that once nascent industry is a permanent part of the culture of Louisiana.
Price: 17.49 USD
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
End Time: 2023-12-18T18:30:04.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9780738594071
Book Title: Louisiana's Oil Heritage
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Jennifer Snape, Tonja Koob Marking
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Industries / General, Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional), Petroleum
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Photography, Technology & Engineering, Travel, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
