Smackover Oil Field

Loading oil field supplies near Smackover (Union County); circa 1920s. Note the rugged working conditions and primitive transport.

Three men with pole boats transporting iron pipes in flooded area with tall trees near oil derrick.

Courtesy of the Arkansas State Archives

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Time Period

Early Twentieth Century (1901 - 1940)

Category

Business and Economics / Businesses / Land and Resources / Mining

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Place

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