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Black plaque № 59076

Wichita Falls, TX, United States

John F. O'Donohoe. Mississippi native John F. O’Donohoe (1885-1967) first came to Wichita Falls in 1909 as a scout for the J.M. Guffey Petroleum Company, which later became the Gulf Oil Corporation While staying in the Jolene Hotel, the wildcatter O’Donohoe staked out the company’s first lease in Cl

ay County in what became knkown as the Petrolia Oilfield near Henrietta. Without the assistance of a surveyor, he located the company’s first major discovery well in the area. After leaving the Guffey

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