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Samuel T . Busey, a physician-turned-geologist who  \n20 claimed descent from frontiersman Daniel Boone, began drilling near El  \n21 Dorado, Arkansas, in November 1920 after he cobbled together enough investors  \n22 to attempt to find oil; and 23  \n24 WHEREAS, close to noon on Monday, January 10, 1921, at two thousand two  \n25 hundred thirty-three feet (2,233'), bailing operations began to clear Mr .  \n26 Busey's well, and by 4:30 p .m . that day, a rumble from deep within the well  \n27 could be heard, with onlookers later describing the eruption of the well to a  \n28 reporter who wrote of oil pouring out of the well and rising above the  \n29 derrick like \"a black mushroom cloud\"; and 30  \n31 WHEREAS, within hours of that strike, El Dorado was on its way to  \n32 boomtown status with oil scouts and new arrivals, eventually transforming  \n33 from a town of about four thousand (4,000) to a boomtown of fifteen thousand  \n34 (15,000); and 35  \n36 WHEREAS, El Dorado was wholly unprepared for the sudden arrival of more  \n1 than ten thousand (10,000) people; the town's hotels began filling so quickly  \n2 that even lobby chairs and cots were rented to new arrivals; residents rented  \n3 spare bedrooms and even porches, and barbers rented their chairs; and tiny  \n4 businesses from restaurants to hardware stores to photography studios  \n5 flourished; and 6  \n7 WHEREAS, the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce opened an office in El  \n8 Dorado; more people continued to stream into town; and within only six (6)  \n9 months of Mr . Busey's strike, more than two hundred (200) wells were  \n10 producing in Union County and more were being drilled; and 11  \n12 WHEREAS, the oil business had its challenges in South Arkansas but  \n13 settled in, and an infrastructure was put into place to support it, with oil  \n14 transported by rail and eventually creation of pipelines and storage tanks to  \n15 allow a more orderly transfer of the product; and 16  \n17 WHEREAS, in 1925, seventy-seven million (77,000,000) barrels of oil  \n18 were produced, equating to approximately four billion six hundred million  \n19 dollars ($4,600,000,000) today; and 20  \n21 WHEREAS, many who came to Union County seeking fortune were  \n22 disappointed, but a few succeeded, including Mr . Thomas Harry Barton, who  \n23 built a business marketing the natural gas that had previously been viewed as  \n24 a useless byproduct and later became president of Lion Oil Company, growing  \n25 it into one (1) of the largest oil companies in the South; and 26  \n27 WHEREAS, another man who succeeded was Mr . Charles H . Murphy Sr . , a  \n28 businessman who got his start in the banking and mercantile business but  \n29 shifted to oil and built Murphy Oil Company into a company engaged in crude  \n30 oil and natural gas production in the United States and in worldwide oil and  \n31 gas exploration, 32  \n33 NOW THEREFORE,  \n34 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL  \n35 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 36  \n1 THAT the House of Representatives recognize the significance of the oil  \n2 boom in South Arkansas and commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the  \n3 discovery of oil in South Arkansas.  \n4  \n5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption of this resolution, an appropriate  \n6 copy shall be provided to the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce by the Chief  \n7 Clerk of the House of Representatives .  \n8 9  \n10  \n11  \n12  \n13  \n14  \n15  \n16  \n17  \n18  \n19  \n20  \n21  \n22  \n23  \n24  \n25  \n26  \n","cbCaiq5sv7vXBShs","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiq5sv7vXBShs","pdf",222650,"English","# HOUSE RESOLUTION\n## Purpose and historical background","[{\"question\":\"What happens after the resolution is adopted?\",\"answer\":\"An appropriate copy of the resolution is provided to the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce by the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives.\"}]","House Resolution - To Commemorate the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Discovery of Oil in South Arkansas | PDF",1789596152]