Episode 114: Rude Crude Dudes (Oil in L.A.)

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Written By Greg Gonzalez
 

Doheny at first Los Angeles oil well

photo courtesy of LAPL photo collection

Oil! Is! The! Topic! Of! This! Episode! This month we'll be discussing Los Angeles' history with the ooey gooey stuff from the earliest discoveries (14:10) to the rise of Edward Doheny (27:11) and a few of the most influential oil fields in town including Fairfax (1:12:20), Signal Hill (1:20:02) and Long Beach (1:24:33).

 
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