RANDOM PICTURE THREAD

[KYBlueOval]

Note the hand crank........My arm hurts just looking at it.

[CobraJoe]

All the info I have on this pic:

Halliburton
Title: Halliburton

Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie

Date: December 1938

Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection

Physical Description: 1 negative: film, black and white; 17.8 x 12.6 cm.

 

[CobraJoe]

Here is a better pic of similar vehicle, it says:

THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AUTO CO
CLINTONVILLE WISCONSIN



Apparently, Haliburton was an "Oil Cementing Co"
Here is some info from 2019:

n 1919, Erle Palmer Halliburton started an oil well cementing business in Burkburnett, Texas with a borrowed wagon, an old pump, a salvaged tank, a clothesline, some wooden plugs, and two mules.
100 years later, Halliburton uses some of the most advanced technology known to man and has developed much of the drilling technology that yielded a shale revolution in U.S. oilfields, advancing a national goal of #energy independence.

 

[RICH MUISE]

Small world........A few minutes ago, I posted in Morning Coffee that I was going to a casino tonight. That casino is in Oklahoma just across the Red River from Burkburnett, TX. A little history..........Burke Burnett was a big Texas rancher who organized a 2-week hunting trip that included himself, Teddy Roosevelt, and Quanna Parker. The hunting party left the small town, then known by a different name, and when they returned, Roosevelt suggested to the townsfolk that they consider renaming the town after Burke Burnett, and so it happened.
Quanna Parker was one of the last Commanche Indian chiefs, the son of Nocoma, and a captured white woman. She taught her son English and gave him her last name. Quanna became a very successful and wealthy businessman. He built a big house that had 7 stars on the roof, one for each of his wives. The town of Quanna is on us287 south of Childress. His father, Nocoma has a town named after him as well, and it's SW of Witchita Falls on the highway to Gainsville. Nocoma Boots (in Nocoma) is named after him as well.

Yes, Halliburton is very big in Texas and the world.

[RICH MUISE]

BTW, Burnett Ranches are still big in Texas, although down to 260,000 acres. The Ranches are under the historic 6666 brand name. One of their ranches is about 35 miles east of Amarillo. The main heir to the Burnett throne is very active in colleges and museums in N Texas. I should be going thru Burkburnett about 9pm tonight. Nice little town, way smaller than the oil boom days of 1900ish.
Brings back memories of the old opera/play/movie OKLAHOMA!