Population increase can be accredited to the many types of workers who flooded to Odessa from all across Texas and the United States in the height of drilling during the late 1940’s. Migrations of oil field workers were produced by frequent shifts in the demand for petroleum. More specifically, an oil boom is defined by these shifts and the three different types of workers who would arrive on an oil drilling site during different times and would contributed in different ways to the project. The three types of oil workers were the boomers, mobile workers and the drifters who along with their families, all followed the oil from town to town all in the hopes of striking it rich. The first to usually arrive on the field first where the boomers.
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Competition was so high because the later that a worker arrived on site the more competition he had to face, less pay as well as shorter working time. The mobile workers were usually second on site. Mobile workers are classified as teamsters, tool dressers and roustabouts. They were usually second because they worked with the mobile crew which took more time to get from one site to another. This classification of oil workers were often failures in agriculture who found better pay in the petroleum industry. They were also skilled in handling heavy machinery. But when the oil industry failed, they would go back to their original ways of life. These workers were often second on site because they would also bring along their families. The third group of oil field workers to arrive on site were the drifters. These workers were important to the oil community for their experience however, they didn’t work often, were generally older and lazy. The major majority of Odessa’s population can be accredited to the oil workers who flooded to Odessa in search for easy money although, without the city workers Odessa would not have been a …show more content…
Prior the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the school term of 1940-1941 saw the greatest number of teachers and students in the history of the school. Odessa High school offered the greatest variety of choices in courses that students could take. However, with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 things would quickly change within that same year. The United States would officially go to war with Japan and with that many adult teachers and young students would enlist to go to war. As the need for oil would increase, children of oil field men filled the empty space left at Odessa High School from the young high schoolers who left to join the war efforts. Although materials during the war were scarce, board of education, Dr. Fly was able to obtain enough materials to construct the present location of Odessa High School. In 1948 the new location of OHS became the largest public education facility in Odessa’s history welcoming thirty-eight faculty members and 1,316
Competition was so high because the later that a worker arrived on site the more competition he had to face, less pay as well as shorter working time. The mobile workers were usually second on site. Mobile workers are classified as teamsters, tool dressers and roustabouts. They were usually second because they worked with the mobile crew which took more time to get from one site to another. This classification of oil workers were often failures in agriculture who found better pay in the petroleum industry. They were also skilled in handling heavy machinery. But when the oil industry failed, they would go back to their original ways of life. These workers were often second on site because they would also bring along their families. The third group of oil field workers to arrive on site were the drifters. These workers were important to the oil community for their experience however, they didn’t work often, were generally older and lazy. The major majority of Odessa’s population can be accredited to the oil workers who flooded to Odessa in search for easy money although, without the city workers Odessa would not have been a …show more content…
Prior the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the school term of 1940-1941 saw the greatest number of teachers and students in the history of the school. Odessa High school offered the greatest variety of choices in courses that students could take. However, with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 things would quickly change within that same year. The United States would officially go to war with Japan and with that many adult teachers and young students would enlist to go to war. As the need for oil would increase, children of oil field men filled the empty space left at Odessa High School from the young high schoolers who left to join the war efforts. Although materials during the war were scarce, board of education, Dr. Fly was able to obtain enough materials to construct the present location of Odessa High School. In 1948 the new location of OHS became the largest public education facility in Odessa’s history welcoming thirty-eight faculty members and 1,316