Good Old Days 04-24-15

Compiled By Delaney Uhrig

These stories from the past first appeared in The Sidney Telegraph. Original writing is preserved, though some stories were shortened for space reasons.

50 YEARS AGO

'Major Oil Field May Develop North Of Potter'

Published on

April 28, 1965

The development of an important new Nebraska oil field just northwest of the Potter townsite in Cheyenne County appears to be in the making.

Petroleum Inc., one of the most active drillers in the Denver-Julesburg Basin, reported this morning that 1,900 feet of oil was recovered in a drill stem test at the No. 1 McKinney in the Filon...