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Haroldson Lafayette Hunt : back from Florida to East Texas Page entitled :
H. L. Hunt a new opportunity in East Texas
Content of this page is about :
How H. L. Hunt married Frania Tye in Florida, moved back and found a new
opportunity in Dad Joiner's oil leases in East Texas
Extract :
... By the time Haroldson Hunt met Marion Columbus “Dad” Joiner in Rusk County
(East Texas), the latter had been drilling oil wells, mostly dry holes, for thirty
years. He was one of the original promoters, the archetype of the Texas
wildcatter, one of many men who never seemed to find serious oil fields, but who clung to the job until a lucky strike would make them
rich, as well as their numerous associates and stakeholders. Over the years Dad Joiner had
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