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Boomtown

Rise of the Permian | Chapter 2

Boomtown

Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly

Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4.73.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

We go back to 1923, and the Santa Rita No. 1, the well that put West Texas oil on the map. We recount the beginnings of rowdy boomtowns and the swaggering wildcatters whose influence would eventually lead all the way to the White House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I've heard tells about the Santa Rita number one.

0:48.3

The oil well that started the first boom in West Texas.

0:52.5

Decided itself is a kind of mecha in the Permian Basin.

0:56.8

One recent afternoon, I decided to see it for myself.

1:01.6

The Santa Rita stood alone in a field of mesquitries and yellowed grass.

1:07.1

There was a metal derrick and a tin shack next to it.

1:10.5

A barbed wire fence surrounded the rig.

1:13.5

But the gate was unlocked so I slipped inside.

1:17.3

The wind rattled the shack.

1:20.2

Part of the ceiling had caved in.

1:22.5

The huge belts that once powered the rig's engine had snapped and rotted in the sun.

1:28.0

I stood on the rig floor and thought about the rough necks who drilled this well almost

1:32.4

a century ago.

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