Sturgeon grew up in a family of coal miners, oilmen and farmers. Novelist Jose Rafael Pocaterra described the oilmen as "the new Spaniards". Inscriptions mention guilds of weavers, oilmen, artisans, basket and mat makers and fruit sellers. The sheriff arrests the oilmen and Francesca angrily denounces all the men. The Great Depression intervened in the following year, when the two oilmen were financially ruined. The range was discovered by pioneer oilmen. The two oilmen team up and make enough money to partially pay Aldrich. According to Baibakov, "A Great Resettlement of Baku oilmen is happening". Oilmen at Aberdeen are interviewed about conditions, health and safety at work and wages. In 1959, young oilmen Lamar Hunt and Bud Adams sought a National Football League franchise. Both Yates and the oilmen immediately recognized the significance of their find. The oilmen listened to the lecture with attention, and then lit "commemorative candles". He opposed from his pulpit attempts by the local oilmen to bust unions.