Jack, Do you know if the oil companies in that area still have records of the employees in 1925? My Dad, Earl Boykin, was born there that year and his father, Edward Theodore Boykin, and some uncles worked the oil fields there. Jan Jack & Lynne wrote: > Powerhouses were the "house" that housed the engine that > controlled the > pumping on 10 -20 or more oil well's. My dad was a oil > field pumper for > Tidewater Oil Co in Kiefer, Drumright area in the '40's > thru the '60's. I > spent all my time as a kid changing the rods and oiling > them from the > powerhouse to the well's > > Jack Delmar, 3rd generation Kiefer High Grad > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 5:09 PM > Subject: Re: [OKCREEK-L] photos > > > Please email me the photo's, maybe my mother will know > of the powerhouse > > > > Don Ghere > > [email protected]'com > > > > > > ==== OKCREEK Mailing List ==== > > Have you visited OKBits? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbits/ > > > > ==== OKCREEK Mailing List ==== > Oklahoma Cemeteries > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/cemetery/cemetery.htm -- ANNOUNCEMENT: OUR WEBPAGE IS FINALLY UPDATED, BACK UP AND RUNNING, PLEASE COME BY FOR A VISIT. IT'S NOW OVER 23,300 NAMES. Jan & Gary Patterson researching Boykin, Brewer, Brunham/Brannon, Carney, Copeland, Dobbs, Holt, Jackson, Patterson, Poyner, Scott, Stewart and many others. Visit our WEB page at: http://www.galstar.com/~glpatter