Morgan, Gilbert "Gib," papers, 1887-1944.

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Morgan, Gilbert "Gib," papers, 1887-1944.

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The papers consist of photostats of documents and photographs. The documents relate to Morgan's invalid Pension for his service in the Union Army from 1861 to 1864. The photographs include a portrait of Morgan and pictures of oil well drilling equipment.

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Morgan, Gib, 1842-1909

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Gilbert "Gib" Morgan was an oil well driller who attained mythical status in American folklore. Stories about Morgan include how he built a vast hotel marvelously adapted to the southwestern climate, how he brought in a difficult well using a needle and thread for a cable and drill stem and how he had to shoot a bouncing tool dresser to keep him from starving to death. The real Gib Morgan was born in 1842 and grew up in the frontier of Western Pennsylvania. He fought in the Union Army and with t...