Click the icon below for a Google Earth tour of the general or specific areas where (according to newspaper accounts) oil wells were drilled with optimism. Some were successful, but most were not. The articles listed below detail those efforts.
1920-02-29 Oil_Discovery Rejuvenates_Roundup
1912-12-15 Montana Oil Leases Grow Rapidly
1921-04-02 Soap_Creek_Oil
1921-06-15 Judd_Tract_Leased For_Drilling1921-06-17 Soap_Creek_Oil_Field1921-07-01 Soap_Creek_Oil Land_Leased1921-07-20 Soap_Creek Leases_Sold1921-07-27 Abandoned_Oil_Well1921-07-28 Soap_Creek Shows_Activity1921-08-16 More_Drilling_at Soap_Creek1921-08-21 Operator_Agrees_to Drill_Soap_Creek on_Percentage1921-09-11 (Photo)_Soap_Creek Oil_Search1921-09-20 Soap_Creek_Search Goes_On1921-11-19 Drilling_Leases Transferred1922-01-07 Federal_Trade Board_Complaint1924-05-09 Second_Test_Drilling Planned_for_Toluca1924-12-20 Allen_Co_Finds_Gas_in Old_RB_Grimstad_Well