OIL CAMPS

Margay Lease then Sohio (22-11-17) located just south of Skull Hill in the Bemis Oil Field

    Bemis A Camp: Roy & Mildred Sherwood, Leo Waymeyer

    Bemis B Camp (warehouse) Luke & Velma Harrison, Bert & Ethyl Stivers

Information received from Ken Adams, grandson of Bert Stivers. Bert Stivers formed the “Margay” Oil Company, that later sold to Sohio and then Bert began working for Sohio until he retired.

                      Ethel De Witt Stivers at the Margay Lease Camp  

              Bert & Ethel Stivers, grandson Ken Adams, unknown at the Stivers, Sohio Lease house

Skull Hill north of Margay Camp 1947 in the Bemis Field

Skull Hill north of abandoned Margay Camp 2003 in the Bemis Field

Garage and outhouse on the Margay Lease Area - 2003  

Garage and Cellar - Margay Camp Area 2003

Lario Lease (18-11-17 & 13-11-17) Saline River Area, Ellis Co, KS

    PL Nickolson, Roy Shook, AJ Hegwer, Ray Simpson, Shackleford

Lario Lease (located 2 miles north of Severin) (SE/4 36-12-18)

    One of the families that lived here was Jerry Moran’s uncle & family. There is still an oilfield equipment storage facility/yard located here       today.     Mutt ?, Carson, Poe, Stinart, Shorty Fletcher

Deep Rock (27-11-17) located on the hill southwest of the Baumer House

Al Love, Ollie Wilkersen, James Collins, Bert Clark, Al Wilson, Gordon Languein, James Thompson, Newt Wells

Others who worked but didn’t live in camp: OM Lynch, VC Henry, John Shankles, Jim Steele, Tom Karst, David Jabarra, Lloyd Boo, Shirley Richmond, Jack Henry, Roy Collins, Archie Dowell, Darryl Jennings, Steve Kerschner, Temple Grundy, Rory Arnett, Bill Hillyard, Clifford Marrs, Jeff Lamb, Don Richmond, Wilbur Roy, Gay Bowers, Edmond Bowers.

 

Deep Rock Oil Camp (27-11-17) Ellis Co, KS, 1930-40's     

  (photo property of ECHS, gift of Vernon C Henry)

What's left of Deep Rock Oil Camp (27-11-17) Ellis Co, KS, 2003

Mushroom Rock west of Deep Rock Camp -2003

 

 

Gulf (14-11-17) located almost in the middle of the section. Now owned by Dan Dorzweiler

    Bill & Lula Ward, Gene & Ruth Rockhold (Gene was also a ham radio operator)

    Clair & Nona Dutt, Paul & Joan Waterman, Glenn & Ruth Davis, Elwyn & Bonnie Teasley, Winifred & Delores James

Texaco (22-11-17) located in the hills of the Bemis Oil Field

    Roger, Lewis Bowman, Shackleford, Roy Chaney, Brin

Texaco Oil Camp in the Bemis Oil Field - 1936

    Jess DeMaster

    Joe Brungardt, Ledbetter, Dude Uhl

Sun Ray (13-12-18) located on the west side of what is now Horse Thief Canyon Ave. 

Cecil Laughlin, Floyd (Peanuts) Fletcher, Bill Meeks, Jack Ross, Pierce Garrison, Ben Longnecker, Cleo Graham, Virgil Henry, Claude Grissom, Guy Patten, Harry Thompson, John Fletcher, Buck Laughlin

Others that worked there but didn’t live in camp:   Herb Barb, Virgil Hicks, Otis Hoffman, Billy Heronema, Bill Uney, Jerry Creek, Jim Nichols, Ira Edwards, Farrel Dural, Don Breedlove, Louie Kuhn, Marvin Goetz, John Sanders, Alvin Giebler, Ferd Suborn, Fred McDaniels, Howard Wilful, Joe Carr, George McGee, Eddie Keberlein, Don Alexander, Otto Chew, Bill Warren, Phil Madden, Hank Arnold, Claude Cash, Lilly Mans, Frank Alberts, Ed Rose, George Boyles, Bill Poe, Clarence Rupp, Ray Hayes.

 

Sun Ray Oil Camp -2004

This building is in disrepair, but if you see this structure in another camp in the hills, you can almost bet that at one time it was a Sun Ray Oil Camp.  There were several homes in this camp area.

 

Phillips Oil Camp (13-12-18) located on east side of Horse Thief Canyon Ave, on the hill behind What is known as Ott’s –Rock Ridge Ranch, you can still see the line of trees that grew where the houses sat. There were about 5-6 homes here.

    Earl Milam, Herb Barb, Laird, Sid McGough

Phillips Oil Camp -just a line of trees-2004

 

Champlin Oil Camp (17-12-18) located on the Hadley Range Ave, the houses were on the east side of the road and the oil camp buildings were on the west side of the road,  there are only 2 houses left and the one storage building in the camp in 2004.

    Charles Stark, Sullivan, Faye Rolfe, Aaron Weisner, Dwight Brooks

 2 houses & garage left of the Champlin Camp

                                                                               One large building left on the Champlin Camp

Ryan (15-11-17) located on the east side of 310 th Ave that runs through the Bemis Oil Field

    Ed Jornan, Ed Cross, Ott White, CM Jenkins

Cities Service (22-11-17) on the very northeast corner of the section – near the intersection of  Riverview Road & Codell Ave - It had four homes along the road, with the camp buildings being located to the west of the homes.  One of the families that lived here was the Slim Anderson's, he was instrumental in getting the Volga-German families working in the oilfield.  Cities Service was sold to Oxy.  All that's left is a few foundations and trees.

    Kennedy, Slim Anderson, Wellbrock, Roger, Hoisington

Cities Service Camp - 2004

    Roy & Gladys Shook, Phlander & Bertha Nicholson, Cecil & Verlie Berry

    Ray & Vi Rothgeb, John & Ona Mae Mount

    John & Ardis Shook, Carl & Liz Chaney

    William & Lulu Ward, Clarence & Wretha McPherson, Ben & Chole Burk

    Jaco, ??

Dale Bradley, Lester Lyons, Morgansterns, James Maguirk, Leo Dwinelle, Jack Brooks, Lloyd Westcott,

Others who worked there, but did not live in the camp: Blackie Bowen, Ed Charles

 

Standolind Camp -2004

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