California Memories<br>Huntington Beach during the oil boom of 1920s<bR>
On May 24, 1920, the first Huntington Beach well began producing oil. By October 1921, the field had 59 producing wells. Even with 16 of those 59 wells being idle, the field produced 16,500 barrels of oil per day, with each well producing from 50 to 200 barrels daily.
The discovery of oil was followed by a real estate boom in the surrounding communities. As the Huntington Beach Oil Field expanded, the homes in that area that stood in the path of drawing oil from the ground were physically relocated north 6 miles in 1921 and 1922 to lots in Midway City, California.
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