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Early Oil and Gas Production in California [View all]
As idiot young people in Southern California with driver's licences me and my friends and siblings used to explore the abandoned and not-so-abandoned oil fields. Sometimes I'd explore alone.
Safety wasn't a concern, we were immortal then. The worst thing I remember was the ticks. Even if you thought you got them all there would still be one or two in your clothes when you got home.
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