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| Title | Hunt Oil Company natural gas plant, McGregor, N.D. |
| Date of Original | after 1963 |
| Creator | Shemorry, Bill, 1914-2004
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| Creator Role | Photographer; |
| Description | View of the exterior of Hunt Oil Company's natural gas plant a few miles east of McGregor, used to process the product from a number of wells in the area. It was completed in 1963. |
| General Subject | Oil
Business & Industry
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Natural gas
Industrial facilities
Gas industry
Petroleum industry
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| Organization Name | Hunt Oil Company
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| Location | McGregor (N.D.)
North Dakota
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| Decade | 1960-1969
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| Item Number | 1-175-3-19 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 11 x 17 cm. |
| Transcription | "Heat gas plant - McGregor." - Handwritten on back of photograph. |
| Notes | Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | William E. "Bill" Shemorry was a native of Williston, N.D. who began work in the newspaper industry as a newsboy selling the Williston Herald and the Williams County Farmers Press. In 1953, he started to publish the Williston Plains Reporter, which he operated for 25 years before selling to the Williston Herald. Shemorry then began to concentrate on his own writing and photography. In addition to writing many books on the history of Williams County, he also collected photographs of early North Dakota photographers. Shemorry was an active member of the Williston Fire Department, was Civil Defense Chief of Williams County for three years in the 1950's, and was a combat photographer in World War II. Shemorry's photograph of the discovery of oil in North Dakota on April 4, 1951 at the Clarence Iverson No. 1 is one of the most famous oil photographs ever taken, and was published in many national publications. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Information in description from page 141 of Shemorry's 1991 book: Mud, Sweat and Oil: The Early Days of the Williston Basin. The text describes a different photograph of the same Hunt Oil Company plant. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | William E. (Bill) Shemorry Photograph Collection 1
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota, William E. (Bill) Shemorry Photograph Collection (1-175-3-19) |
| Rights Management | Permission to reproduce this image must be requested from the State Historical Society of North Dakota. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about the collection, or provide information about an image, please email Emily E. Schultz at eschultz@nd.gov |
| Digital ID | ws1175319 |
