From Kittyhawk to the Moon: The Life, Times and Heritage of a Texas Oilman Book

Acknowledgments     vii
To the Reader     ix
Introduction     xi
Paternal Heritage     1
Looking Back on a Century     5
Ancestors     7
James Durham's Odyssey     20
James Lucius     35
A. P. Durham     38
Mother's Family/Owen's Early Years     55
The McIlwains     57
The Scotch-Irish and Other Settlers     62
The McIlwains Settle In     75
The Bayou Country     103
Blue Ridge Family/Owen's Future Become Intertwined     129
The Billingsleys     131
Leaving the Blue Ridge     174
Growing Up, Moving West, Going to War     225
Nacogdoches     227
Westward     247
California to Alsace Lorraine     253
Introduction to the Oilfields     259
Humble     261
Burkburnett     273
Taft     293
Signal Hill     307
The Tropics     329
Colombia     531
Oil Field Intermission     350
Back to the Tropics and Home Again     357
Venezuela and Back to Colombia     364
New Lifestyle/Ending of an Era     373
A New Occupation     375
Back to the Oil Rigs     396
Back to Northern California     406
Living in New Times/Winding Down     413
Starting Over     415
Twilight     428
Abbreviations     439
Source Notes     441
Bibliography     451