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California's Gold with Huell Howser
Oil Workers
Join Huell as he travels to the town of Taft to celebrate its 100 years as an incorporated city with a celebration called Oildorado Days that takes everyone back to a time when rugged pioneers carved out a bustling community in the middle of one of the world's most productive oil fields. There is everything from an oil field skills contest, queen pageant, melodrama and a petroleum industry trade show. He caps off the adventure with a dedication of a huge bronze statue of an oil worker that is sure to become a focal point of this historic town.
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