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Payday: The Dan Hughes Story

An autobiography of the late Dan Hughes, Texas oilman.

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<strong>Dan</strong> <strong>Hughes</strong> biography-chapter 9_Layout 1 2/16/2016 10:59 AM Page 83<br />

<strong>Dan</strong> A. and Juanita W. <strong>Hughes</strong>’s wedding day, December 1956.<br />

low cost. This was something new to <strong>Dan</strong>, but he had the courage<br />

to invest in the structure, bidding $1,500 for the house which was<br />

over 6,000 square feet. <strong>The</strong> City of Corpus Christi accepted the bid<br />

and they became the owners of their first house. Bill was able to<br />

move the redwood walls intact, tear down the brick walls and save<br />

most of the other fixtures that went with the house. <strong>Dan</strong> bought a<br />

lot from Rocky Reagan for $2,500 in a subdivision near the Country<br />

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