True companies History
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True companies History
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The True companies had their beginning in 1948 when H.A. 'Dave' True, Jr. moved from Cody to Casper as manager and part owner of the one-rig Reserve Drilling Company. The company, after nearly going under in the brutal 1949 blizzards, grew to a five rotary drilling rig operation by 1951. In that year True, together with Douglas S. Brown, bought out the other interest owners of Reserve Drilling and formed a partnership known as True and Brown Drilling Contractors. In 1953, the two formed another partnership, True and Brown Oil Producers. The following year, True purchased Brown's interests and, in partnership with his wife Jean, changed the names to True Drilling Company and True Oil Company. Since 1954 several other firms have been organized by the True family, many connected with the petroleum industry and all based in Casper. They include Black Hills Trucking Inc., Belle Fourche Pipeline, Cambria Europe, Inc., Eighty-Eight Oil LLC, Equitable Oil Purchasing Company, Midland Financial Corp. (Hilltop National Bank), Toolpushers Supply Company, True Environmental Remediating LLC., True Geothermal Energy, and True Ranches LLC. The True associated companies employ about 875 people Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. |
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Timeline |
| 1948 - 1959 | Reserve Drilling Company, Inc. | |
| 1951 - 1954 | True and Brown Oil Producer | |
| 1951 - 1954 | True and Brown Drilling Contractor | |
| 1954 - Present | True Drilling Company LLC | |
| 1954 - Present | True Oil LLC | |
| 1954 - 1970 | True Service Company | |
| 1952 - Present | Toolpushers Supply Company | |
| 1956 - 1967 | True Building Corporation | |
| 1955 - Present | Eighty-Eight Oil LLC | |
| 1981 - 2000 | True Geothermal Drilling Company | |
| 1981 - 2000 | True Geothermal Energy Company | |
| 1981 - 1983 | True Leasing Company | |
| 1980 - Present | Double Four Ranch Company | |
| 1956 - 1968 | Little Smokey Oil Company | |
| 1977 - Present | Black Hills Trucking, Inc. | |
| 1957 - Present | Belle Fourche Pipeline Company | |
| 1975 - Present | Smokey Oil Company | |
| 1957 - Present | True Ranches LLC. | |
| 1982 - Present | Clareton Oil Company | |
| 1982 - Present | Donkey Creek Oil Company | |
| 1982 - Present | Fire Creek Oil Company | |
| 1982 - Present | Pumpkin Buttes Oil Company | |
| 1982 - Present | Sunlight Oil Company | |
| 1982 - Present | Wind River Oil Company | |
| 1983 - Present | Bear Lodge Mountain Corporation | |
| 1977 - Present | True Oil Purchasing Company | |
| 1963 - 1967 | Powder River Oil Shippers Service, Inc. | |
| 1964 - 1977 | Camp Creek Gas Company | |
| 1965 - 1980 | Black Hills Oil Marketers, Inc. | |
| 1965 - 1973 | Reserve Oil Purchasing Company | |
| 1965 - Present | White Stallion Ranch, Inc. | |
| 1977 - Present | Midland Financial Corporation | |
| 1977 - Present | Hilltop National Bank |
| Story
behind the "TRUE" diamond:
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The
question arose as to the origin of the "True" diamond; who made it and how did
it come about? We posed the question to Mr. True and this is his story:
"It is clear to me that my father, Henry A. (Harry) True, designed the basic True diamond around the turn of the century (1900) either while he was in college at the University of Wisconsin or shortly after his graduation from that institution as a civil engineer. Since he was born in 1883 and was a fairly studious type, I believe, but cannot be certain, he graduated in 1905. His engineering background is, of course, demonstrated by the block design and the use of shaded letters. His original design included the first vertical line of the "R" being extended and the last vertical line of the "U" being extended. This, of course, caused its outline to move even further from a standard shaped diamond." H.A. True, Jr.
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