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Ennis oil drilling during summer of 1937

For today’s installment of Town Topics, I’m sharing a few news item of local interest from the Ennis Daily News as well as from other papers that carried stories on the Bluebonnet City and its residents.

In the summer of 1937 the area around Ennis was a hot spot for oil companies hoping to strike it rich. Drilling was ongoing at Rankin, Bardwell, and an article in the Waxahachie Daily Light in June…

215 N. Dallas St., Ste. D
PO Box 100, Ennis, TX 75120-0100
(972) 875-3801
PRINT ISSN 3069-5015
ONLINE ISSN 3069-504X