Turning to the Right

Turning to the Right (HM22NN)

Location: Shreveport, LA 71101 Caddo Parish
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 30.824', W 93° 44.917'

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In 1870, three blocks northeast of this site, water well drillers discovered the first natural gas field in northwest Louisiana. An ice plant located near the site was the first to utilize this new resource.

The area's first commercial reservoirs of oil were discovered in 1905. Located northwest of Shreveport, the Caddo Pine Island Field continues to produce oil and gas to this day.

The promise of wealth lured wildcatters, roughnecks and roustabouts, and Shreveport became the oil capital of the southwest as gushers turned muleskinners into millionaires. Downtown teemed with tycoons, landowners and would-be oilmen with dreams in their heads and maps bundled under their arms. Leases were signed on coffeshop counters and Model T hoods.

The only way to grasp a share of these riches was to put a bit in the ground and start "Turning to the Right."
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HM NumberHM22NN
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Year Placed2001
Placed ByShreveport Downtown Development Authority and Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Visitors Bureau
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 at 1:02pm PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 429685 N 3597628
Decimal Degrees32.51373333, -93.74861667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 30.824', W 93° 44.917'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 30' 49.44" N, 93° 44' 55.02" W
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Area Code(s)318
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 324 US-80, Shreveport LA 71101, US
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