Ball Brother's (later Ball Corporation) was first Pine Glass. It was only Pine for one year, but that was probably in the 20's. Ball's plant closed within the last 5 years. It was opened by Pine Oil to use their natural gas, but sold after one year to Ball. Their headquarters used to be in Muncie, IN American was American Window Glass, but it would not have been that early. My dad was among the first group hired there, and that was around 1950. BTW, it was eventually American-St. Gobain and closed down in the early 1970's. The company may still be in existence. I think the head quarters was in KY or TN There was a Southwest Glass Company. It had already closed by the time American opened, so it may have been there during the 20's-30's It was located south of town on what is now 20th street. There was also some kind of company located south of town--long gone by the 1950's that may have been a glass company. The only thing remaining was a brick smoke stack with a large letter "B" on it. (The library in Okmulgee could probably help there identify this company and tell you if it was a glass plant) In Henryetta, 15 miles south of Okmulgee was a PPG glass plant, but I'd guess it was probably started after the period you are looking for. The reason for all the glass plants was the abundance of natural gas in the area with could be purchased cheaply to power the furnaces. Donna - --------------------------------------------- GeneaSearch.com http://geneasearch.com Surname Site http://surnamesite.com 1-Stop Free Shop http://www.1stopfreeshop.com