Huntington Beach Oil Field

The Huntington Beach Oil Field is part of rich pools of oil found along the West Coast of the United States in the early 1920s[1] stretching from Huntington Beach, California to Santa Barbara, California.[2]

The conflict of coastal oil drilling with beachfront recreation and tourism has been[3] a central theme in Southern California politics. The discovery of oil was followed by a real estate boom in the surrounding communities.[4]

References

  1. ^ Himmelberg, Robert F. (1994). Antitrust and Regulation During World War I and the Republican Era, 1917-1932. Taylor & Francis. p. 332. ISBN 081531406X. http://books.google.com/books?id=6KqqgTB8Q_wC&pg=RA1-PA332. 
  2. ^ Sabin, Paul (2005). Crude Politics. University of California Press. p. 54. ISBN 0520241983. http://books.google.com/books?id=5sSqx1SeCRkC&pg=RA1-PA81#PRA1-PA54,M1. 
  3. ^ Deverell, William; Greg Hise (2006). Land of Sunshine: An Environmental History of Metropolitan Los Angeles. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 97. ISBN 0822959399. http://books.google.com/books?id=jjdmih4_9wQC&pg=PA99#PPA97,M1. 
  4. ^ Caughman, Madge; Joanne S. Ginsberg (1987). California Coastal Resource Guide. California Coastal Commission, University of California Press. p. 317. ISBN 0520061861. http://books.google.com/books?id=84M96URkILgC&pg=PA317.