Felty Outdoor Oil Museum

North Texas petroleum history preserved by a dedicated Burkburnett independent producer.

 

Three generations of the Felty family have kicked historic Burkburnett oilfield mud from their boots while maintaining the Felty Outdoor Oil Museum. The first, Francis “F.T.” Felty Sr., worked in Wichita County through the revival of a North Texas drilling boom during World War Two. Responding to the war’s steel shortages, he crisscrossed oilfields in a truck pulling used casings. It turned into a long career in the oil patch. (more…)

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