"my paw paw's oil well"

This photo is from my mother's baby book containing the caption "my paw paw's oil well."  She and my grandmother Burma are standing in front of great-grandfather Elijah Howell's oil well on the homestead in Trent, Texas in 1927 (wondered what happened to the mineral rights?).  The past connects to the present.  Today I received an email from some one who had seen reference to Elijah Howell on my 2010 blog.  Come to find out we're 3rd cousins -- his great-grandfather was Elijah's brother. Small world.  I was looking for family pictures when I was distracted by the oil well. 

Trent, Texas

1927 (photo not taken by this photographer!)