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Oil In Bowling Green: A Lost Chapter In Wku's History, Jonathan Jeffrey

SCL Faculty and Staff Publications

Bowling Green became the center of a five-county oil boom in the late-1910s. Two men working on construction of Western Kentucky University’s Potter Hall were determined to not be left out of the action. Architect William J. Bray and contractor Walter Brashear formed a syndicate to lease local land for oil exploration. In August 1920, WKU’s Board of Regents granted their company, The Great Arch Oil Company, exclusive rights to drill on the school’s farm. The majority of the company’s investors were school faculty and staff. Of the three wells drilled, only one showed promise and it was soon abandoned …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 66, No. 38, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Taylor, Christine. Western Studying Link with Credit Union
• Black, Sam. Student Fears for Her Mom in Saudi Arabia – Honey Brown, Meme Ogle
• Clingerman, Ann. Western Won’t Offer New Birth Control Implant – Norplant
• Hoover, Amy. Criminology Club Gives Court a Trial Run
• Tuition Reform Won’t Hit Western
• Taylor, Christine. Michael Colvin Changes Finals Stance
• Lady Toppers Deserve Bigger, Better Turnout
• Quire, Jeff. Editorial Cartoon Big Red Alone at Lady Toppers Game
• Broner, Deborah. Mom Speakers Out – Persian Gulf War, 1991
• Burkhead, Roy. Fickle …