Download or read book A Stake in West Texas: Pulling a Chain and Raising a Family Across Big Oil Country written by Rebecca D. Henderson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1950, Ann was eighteen and Bob D twenty when he asked her to marry him and hit the road for West Texas. They packed their station wagon, left home and began a life of adventure together on Conoco's West Texas survey crew during the 1950s oil boom. Five kids, twenty-one towns and thirteen years on the road--Bob D and Ann's travels along the highways of West Texas are a portrait in a landscape of oilfields, railroads and ranches. Layering local history with family memoir, author Rebecca D. Henderson reveals a glimpse of mid-century West Texas through her grandparents' adventures as a young couple raising children on the road..