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Train Station, Williston ND
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worker kisses goodbye to his wife
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Larry Pryr, a General Motors retiree, lost his pension in the recession, came from Michigan to work as a truckdriver
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Work Break
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Chase, a Sioux Indian, left his two week old baby at home in Montana to work on the oil rigs
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laying road, downtown Williston
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Carter, drilling site maintenance worker
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Julia, Heartbreakers Night Clug
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Angelica, from Minnesota
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Erika, "pole arms" from New Jersey
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Williston at dusk
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Julia's real face
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motel construction near Watford City, ND
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living cubicles
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oil tankers off-loading sweet crude from the fields
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train filling loop near Epping, ND
700,000 barrels leave ND a day by train -
freshly laid road from Stanley to Williston, still burlapped
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DKs Dance Club, Williston ND
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blackjack table, Doc Holidays, Williston ND
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blackjack table, Doc Holidays, Williston ND
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Bill's Bar, Williston ND
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New Year's Eve, DKs, Williston ND
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fight erupts outside of DKs, Williston ND
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trucks at night, Tioga ND
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Ponderosa mobile housing complex near Alexandria, ND
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living cubicles
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housing complex near Watford City, ND
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Food Stand
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Walmart shelves emptied, Williston ND
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produce section, Walmart, Williston ND
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produce section, Williston ND
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Bakken region is the #1 seller of Carharts in the US
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Cayden and her grandfather Jerry, Tioga Motel near Hess Plant. Three generations have grown up in this motel, now on the market for $3 million.
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Cayden and her grandfather arrive late at night to let guests in, Tioga Motel, North Dakota
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"the oilfield saved my family"
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migration
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house in tow, near Grassy Butte, ND
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Riley, her grandmother and great-grandmother, from Nebraska
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the whole family, and their cats, headed back to Nebraska
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dirt road playground
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children of the Oilfield Wives Club
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Lisa is the main caretaker for her younger sister
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American Gothic
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Jake, a Halliburton supervisor, finally moves his family here after 3 years
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Oilfield Wives Annual Charity Ball
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the ball
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the new Williston
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job fair
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night works shoring up the tracks
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cutting rail
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oil
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traffic and half made roads
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new arrivee - fresh from New York City
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Paris, came from Soldotna Alaska to be with her boyfriend
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Ron uses superglue to seal the cracks in his hands
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drillers can often be identified by their missing fingers
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The Vegas Hotel, known for prostitution
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Tessa
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Dear Lord please make this boom last
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a "stacked out" oil rig laying down in the weeds
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a "stacked out" oil rig laying down in the weeds, from the inside
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lining up to leave
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new construction still continues in the Bakken
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a travel center near Williston. Will the investment pay off?
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construction on a new housing complex and highschool
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