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Hello from an X-Okie. Grew up in Bristow. My layout is freelance, set in the 30's oilfields and boom towns. Okla. was serious oil country then. Until the pipelines were laid, the railroads transported the majority of the crude oil to refineries, and brought the equipment and supplies for the oilfields and boom towns. If I remember right, there is, or at least used to be a well right in front of the capital building. Most people seem to forget about how important the railroads were to the growth of the oilfields. In fact, the early oilfields were regulated at least in part by the railroad commisions. Alot of the railroads in Okla. were built specifically to service the oilfields.
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