Bob Moore

Description

In this 1976 interview, Bob Moore discusses working as a tool dresser on oil rigs in the early 1900s in northern Oklahoma at a time prior to electricity, when rigs were built of wood, powered by a steam engine, and lighted at night by burning pots of crude oil. He also describes going to dances in Yale, Oklahoma in his spare time and calls a square dance named “Two Little Sisters” for the interviewer.

Date

1976-10-18

Interviewer

Robert L. "Bob" McCarty

Interviewee

Bob Moore

Interview Keyword

Pinehill, tool dresser, oil rigs, wood rigs, steam engine, dances, square dance, Two Little Sisters

Files

Robert Vernon Moore.jpg

Collection



Citation

“Bob Moore,” Stories of Bristow, accessed March 9, 2025, https://bristoworalhistory.org/items/show/11.