From the files of the
Fairfield Recorder:
July 22, 1943: Revival in Oil Prospecting Begins With Steward Mill Test...Will Make Test On Hill Land Near Fairfield:
This week begins new interest in oil activity in Freestone County, with the spudding in of a Woodbine Test in the Steward’s Gas Field by Carter-Gregg Oil Company, of Palestine and Fort Worth.
This new test is located 1,000 feet north…