Burkburnett
Americannoun
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Miller was born in Burkburnett, Texas, one of five children of a carpenter and a cotton-picker who followed the Okie route west to San Bernardino in California.
From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2012
Nolan Bertrandoff Miller was born on Jan. 8, 1933, in Burkburnett, Tex., the fourth of five children.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2012
As wildcatters and company prospectors swarmed over the State, field after field was tapped� Humble in 1905, Electra and Burkburnett in 1911, Ranger in 1917.
From Time Magazine Archive
They refused to take oil promotion advertising during the Burkburnett, Ranger, Eastland and East Texas booms.
From Time Magazine Archive
While this boom was at its height a new pool, vaster and richer, was penetrated and the world heard of the Northwest Extension of the Burkburnett field, a veritable lake—an ocean—of oil.
From Flowing Gold by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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