A Proposed Plan for a More Efficient and Economical Method of Transporting School Children in the East Texas Oil Field
Description:
This study was made of the school districts in the East Texas oil field in Rusk and Gregg Counties. These school districts have a dense rural population, the majority of whom are engaged in some type of oil field work. Financially, these school districts are considered the wealthiest in the state, and in general are similar to most oil field sections in the South. A total of twelve different transportation systems, operating sixty-five buses, transporting 8,758 school children were studied. In …
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Date:
August 1939
Creator:
Fowler, Charles Gatteys
Partner:
UNT Libraries