Fred M. Manning (died 1958) was an American oil developer.
Manning was born in
Henrietta, Texas
Henrietta is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls metropolitan statistical area. The population was 3,141 at the 2010 census, a decline of 123 from the 2000 tabulation of 3,264.
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[ He founded an oil drilling company in ]Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...
in 1925,and moved his family to Denver in 1930.[ Manning is credited with discovering the biggest oil field in Oklahoma, and, later in life, as founder of Coastal Drilling, Co. in California, of large finds in the ]Kettleman North Dome Oil Field
The Kettleman North Dome Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in Kings and Fresno counties, California. Discovered in 1928, it is the fifteenth largest field in the state by total ultimate oil recovery, and of the top twenty oil fields, it is ...
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At one point, the oil drilling operation run by Manning, father and son, was the third largest in the United States.]Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...
during one of Eisenhower’s visits to the Doud family in Denver. The two men corresponded frequently over the next several years.> In the early 1950s Manning moved to Rancho Santa Fe, California
Rancho Santa Fe is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Diego County, California, United States, within the San Diego metropolitan area. The population was 3,156 at the 2020 census. The CDP is primarily residential with a few shopping blocks, ...
, where he died in October 1958. His wife Hazel continued to correspond with the Eisenhowers for several years thereafter.[Nathan Aaseng. ''Business Builders in Oil.'' Oliver Press, Inc. 2000. p. 131.]
Robert L. Manning
His son, Robert L. Manning (b. March 5, 1923, in Duncan, Oklahoma
Duncan is a city and county seat of Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. Its population was 22,310 at the 2020 census. Its main claim to fame is as the birthplace of the Halliburton Corporation. Erle P. Halliburton established the New Me ...
, died 1999)[ served in ]World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army infantry.[ Robert Manning left two sons, Robert L. Manning Jr., of Denver, and John D. Manning of Cody, Wyoming; two daughters, Nancy M. Hill, of Denver, and Cathy M. Smith of Indian Wells, California.][
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References
External links
Papers of Fred M. Manning
, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
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American businesspeople in the oil industry
Petroleum in Oklahoma
Year of birth missing
1948 deaths
People from Henrietta, Texas