This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DhB.2ACE/970.1 Message Board Post: Al, I am not sure if your question has been answered, but yes there was quite a lot of oil field work around Brownwood for that period of time. The still is quite a bit of oil production in this region.