• Columbus Marion Joiner, nicknamed Dad Joiner (March 12, 1860 – March 27, 1947), was an American politician oilman who at the age of seventy drilled the...
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  • Baker Slick Sr., Mike Benedum, Joe Trees, Clem S. Clarke, and Columbus Marion Joiner; Joiner is responsible for finding the East Texas Oil Field in 1930...
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  • the name was officially changed to "Joinerville", in honor of Columbus Marion Joiner, the wildcatter who discovered the East Texas Oil Field. The dirt...
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    attempt in 1981; Hinckley's father worked for a local oil company Columbus Marion Joiner, father of East Texas Oil Field of 1930s, resided in and about Ardmore...
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    and bankrupt operators. Finally, an enterprising Alabama man, Columbus Marion Joiner, was the first with enough persistence to succeed, and on October...
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    was not discovered until 1930, when wildcatter Columbus Marion Joiner (more commonly known as "Dad" Joiner) drilled the Daisy Bradford No. 3 well, in Rusk...
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    twice that of California, the next largest U.S. producer. In 1930, Columbus Marion Joiner, a self-educated prospector, discovered the East Texas Oil Field...
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    Field, Columbus Marion "Dad" Joiner, Hunt secured title to what was the largest known oil deposit in the world. Hunt had agreed to pay Joiner $1,000,000...
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  • film Yellow, a psychiatric ward patient in Touched with Fire, and Gordie Joiner in The Grief of Others which received critical and generally positive reviews...
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    business in construction was flourishing in 1930. That year, Columbus Marion "Dad" Joiner struck oil 100 miles (160 km) east of Dallas in Kilgore, spawning...
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    establishing another NFL franchise in Ohio and looked at both Cincinnati and Columbus. He ultimately chose the former when a deal between the city, Hamilton...
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    (Dec., 1941), pp. 611–618 JSTOR 360597 1944 "Biography of a Nation of Joiners," American Historical Review, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Oct., 1944), pp. 1–25 JSTOR 1843565...
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  • Chronicle. Spokane, Washington. September 18, 1989. Retrieved March 4, 2011. Joiner, Bryan (April 3, 2003). "Serial Killer Suspect Arrested; 9-11 Set Off Murder...
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  • Ostroy 4 Civic Duty Freestyle Releasing Jeff Renfroe (director); Andrew Joiner (screenplay); Peter Krause, Khaled Abol Naga, Richard Schiff, Kari Matchett...
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  • Williams, Jamal Duff, Jason Bateman, William Shatner, Julie Gonzalo, Rusty Joiner, Curtis Armstrong, Scarlett Chorvat, Lori Beth Denberg, Cayden Boyd, Bob...
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  • Lochner & Company. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Georgia Tech Library. Joiner, Alex (September 26, 1951). "3,000 Persons See Opening Of $6 Million Expressway"...
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    American Naval Fighting Ships". www.history.navy.mil. Retrieved 6 March 2017. Joiner, Gary D. (2007). Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: The Mississippi Squadron...
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  • Marion County 1868 Samuel Johnson – Anderson County 1868 W. B. Johnson – Greenville County 1868 W. E. Johnson – Sumter County 1868 W. M. Joiner – Abbeville...
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  • business in construction was flourishing in 1930. That year, Columbus Marion "Dad" Joiner struck oil 100 miles (160 km) east of Dallas in Kilgore, spawning...
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  • Finklestein (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner, Jennifer Coolidge, Brad Dourif, Fairuza Balk, Irma P. Hall, Tom Bower,...
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    Lions 1957–1959 Pittsburgh Steelers 1960–1965 Houston Oilers 1966 Charlie Joiner 1996 Wide receiver Houston Oilers 1969–1972 Cincinnati Bengals 1972–1975...
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  • Israel Zelitch, 98, plant pathologist and ecologist (b. 1924) March 24 Tim Joiner, 62, football player (Houston Oilers, Denver Broncos) (b. 1961) Scott Johnson...
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    known as light weight champion wrestler of Cornwall. He was a carpenter and joiner and was also lightweight boxing champion of Kent. James Matthews, from Chapel...
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    (born 1943), oilman William Herbert Hunt (1929–2024), oilman Columbus Marion "Dad" Joiner (1860–1947), oilman Jerry Jones (born 1942), billionaire entrepreneur...
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    and San Francisco 49ers Dick Jauron, Buffalo Bills head coach Charlie Joiner, San Diego Chargers player David LaFleur, player in heart of Dallas Cowboys...
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    Manual, 6th revision. Washington, DC.: US Naval Sea Systems Command. 2006. Joiner, James T, ed. (28 February 2001). NOAA Diving Manual, Diving for Science...
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  • ordinary Americans, primarily of middle class. They were local activists and joiners who thought the nation was seriously threatened by an evil conspiracy....
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    Note: 1 atmosphere (atm) is 1.013 bars. NOAA Diving Program (U.S.) (2001). Joiner, James T. (ed.). NOAA Diving Manual, Diving for Science and Technology (4th ed...
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  • gerontologist (d. 2014) Edward Platt, American actor (d. 1974) Charles Wycliffe Joiner, American judge (d. 2017) Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese film director (d. 1996)...
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