Original caption Waiting for the ferry near Tipton Oklahoma in the Cushing field around The Cushing pool which tripled Tulsas population was for a while the greatest producer of light oil in the world It was also famous for a stunt pulled by its first prospector who locked up all the towns live rigs in the stables and sent its notaries away on vacation to prevent wouldbe leasers from getting acreage near his well His name appropriately enough Thomas Slick
