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
After Spindletop, in the superlatives of the oilfields, came a jillion jackpots�roaring booms at Electra, Ranger, Burkburnett, Desdemona and Mexia proved that oil was where you found it.
From Time Magazine Archive
They refused to take oil promotion advertising during the Burkburnett, Ranger, Eastland and East Texas booms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wichita Falls was overcrowded with oil men, drawn thither by the town-site strike at Burkburnett, a few miles northwest, and excitement was mounting as new wells continued to come in.
From Flowing Gold by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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