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The End Of The Line

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jan 16, 2024 | Chronicles |

The end of the line arrived with a silvery jolt. For a few days the grim faces of five oilmen...

What Teddy Roosevelt Wrote In 1916

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jan 15, 2024 | Notebooks |

What Teddy Roosevelt wrote in 1916 reminds us of the essence of conservation. In his book A Book...

The Big Lie

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jan 14, 2024 | Chronicles |

The big lie was something they all knew about. How it was put together and why. The way the big...

Oilman #5

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jan 13, 2024 | Chronicles |

Oilman #5 liked to read about where you could live like a king in a foreign country. He loved...

Oilman #4

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jan 12, 2024 | Chronicles |

Oilman #4 figured there wasn’t much difference between a sheep in wolf’s clothing and a wolf in...

Oilman #3

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jan 11, 2024 | Chronicles |

Oilman #3 told his wife the two of them would be running a Korean BBQ franchise. She wasn’t...

Oilman #2

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jan 10, 2024 | Chronicles |

Oilman #2 weighed his career options with considerable care and decided to follow the call to...

Oilman #1

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jan 9, 2024 | Chronicles |

Oilman #1 lost all his money paying lawyers. Then he took a job selling Cadillacs, quickly...

Columbus Delano

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jan 8, 2024 | Secretary Of The Interior |

Columbus Delano covered a lot of ground. Banker, lawyer, congressman from Ohio, his ancestors came...

The Crack In The Sky

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jan 7, 2024 | Under The Western Sky |

The crack in the sky was ragged on top, smooth on the bottom, and full of the same kind of bronze...

Fishtail, Montana

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jan 6, 2024 | Montana |

Fishtail, Montana had a knack for tackling thorny issues. This could have drawn global admiration...

Encampment, Wyoming

Posted by Paul Talbot | Jan 5, 2024 | Wyoming |

Encampment, Wyoming wondered how myths of the American West held up so well when everything else...

Author: Paul Talbot

The End Of The Line

What Teddy Roosevelt Wrote In 1916

The Big Lie

Oilman #5

Oilman #4

Oilman #3

Oilman #2

Oilman #1

Columbus Delano

The Crack In The Sky

Fishtail, Montana

Encampment, Wyoming

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