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Explore 42 years of history through 2,187 issues from Burkburnett Informer Star. You may find an unexpected story or a missing ancestor. You can navigate through the years below, or you can narrow your results by searching with a keyword or name.
Read 1967-1969 Burkburnett Star Newspaper Archives from Burkburnett, Texas. Genealogy and family history records include: obituaries, births, & marriages.
Burk Burnett was named after Samuel Burk Burnett who owned the 6666 Ranch. Teddy Roosevelt was a guest of Burnett on a 1904 wolf hunt and pulled some strings with the P.O. Department in naming the town. The discovery of oil in 1918 changed the town into one of the more famous oil boomtowns in Texas. 20 Trains a day ran between Burkburnett and ...
At the suggestions of Teddy Roosevelt, the town was named for his wolf hunt host, Burk Burnett. The oil-crazy days were dramatized in story and song and later became the subject of the Clark Gable - Spencer Tracy movie, Boomtown. In every aspect, Burkburnett is a progressive community.
By June 1919, Burkburnett, Texas, had more than 850 producing wells in “the world’s wonder oilfield.” Twenty trains ran daily between the town and nearby Wichita Falls. Six months later, Burkburnett’s population had grown from 1,000 to 8,000. A line of derricks two-miles long greeted visitors.
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Apr 12, 2023 · The Four Sixes name matched the brand and family coat-of-arms — 6666. A story emerged, as they often do, that Burnett adopted the brand after winning a big stake with four sixes in a poker game. It is likely merely an urban — or perhaps rural — legend.
