A limestone statue of a striking young woman is buried and lost for nearly thirty years-a broken statue representing shattered lives and shattered dreams. The story of the statue is one of love, greed, power, and lost aspirations. The statue symbolizes what was and what could have been-a tale of a great oil empire betrayed, destroying the lives of the family who built it. This intriguing story captures the wild risk-taking, broken lives, and the lavish lifestyles of the gilded age of the early oil industry. The story is based on the real-life legacy of oil-baron E.W. Marland, who made and...
A limestone statue of a striking young woman is buried and lost for nearly thirty years-a broken statue representing shattered lives and shattered dre...