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Old pipes thread ‘30s ranch

12/01/2008
Recycling and ingenuity are not new concepts in the oil and gas industry. A ranch in the Texas Hill Country is known for the unique oil field-pipe construction of buildings from the 1930s and 1940s, engendered by thriftiness during the Great Depression.Daniel James Moran became president of Marland Oil Co. in 1928 and oversaw the merger with Continental Oil & Transportation Co. in 1929.Moran “shepherded the company [Continental Oil Co.] through the worst days of the depression…reduced the company’s debt, and reintroduced habits of frugality and careful management.”1In June 1936, Moran bought nearly 7,000 acres along the north fork of the Guadalupe River in Kerr Count...
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