Posts Tagged ‘housing’

The Other Boomtown Hamm

Monday, July 28th, 2014

Billionaire oilman Harold Hamm has made a name for himself in the Bakken. As CEO of Continental Resources, his company is the biggest oil producer in western North Dakota. But he’s not the only Hamm in town. A man named Phil Hamm lived in Williston before the boom came to town. He stills lives there today. In this interview with Black Gold Boom’s Todd Melby, it’s clear he’s got something to say about the changes the boom has brought.

Made possible by a grant from the North Dakota Humanities Council

Shane Osborne: It Ain’t Working Out So Good

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

Shane Osborne arrived in boom country looking for work. He found it. But housing is too expensive so he’s toughing it out in a trailer. Life isn’t great, he says.

Audio portrait by Todd Melby

Photo by Ben Garvin