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97-577: Italics indicates offscreen or unnamed character. Bold indicates series regular on Dallas , Knots Landing or the revival series. Although the generations of the Ewing family beyond Jock and Jason have not been referred to in the series beyond a fleeting reference to their father, Leander, Miss Ellie's family - the Southworths - is somewhat more explored. Enoch Southworth founded Southfork Ranch in 1858. Following Enoch's death in 1901, his sole child,

194-554: A central transportation hub for the region. The Santa Fe Railroad arrived in 1888 and the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway in 1909. After a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak hit the United States in the early 1900s, many patients moved to San Angelo. At the time, doctors could only recommend rest in dry, warm climates. TB sufferers went to San Angelo for treatment, and a sanitarium was built in nearby Carlsbad. In 1928,

291-413: A chain of cut-price gas stations. The battle for Ewing Oil tore the family apart. Bobby and Pam divorced; and Cliff and Pamela's mother, Rebecca Wentworth, died in a plane crash in an attempt to stop J.R. from winning. In the fall of 1983, J.R. and Bobby decided to call the battle off and divide their shares equally regardless of who won the contest. When it initially appeared that J.R. was the winner, he

388-614: A close eye on the situation. Despite the probability odds, tests later confirmed that J. R. was the biological father of baby John Ross, rather than Cliff. It was also later revealed that Digger was not Pam's biological father as a man named Hutch McKinney had been having an affair with Rebecca. Digger revealed that he discovered his pregnant wife together with Hutch McKinney on the night after Hutch had been fired from Southfork by Jock in 1952, after Digger had been out drinking. A confrontation followed where Rebecca stated that she and Cliff were leaving Digger to move away with Hutch, and that Hutch

485-546: A couple in the fall of 1935, and Jock married a pregnant Miss Ellie in 1936, putting the first serious dent in Jock and Digger's friendship. Digger wandered across the country for years after he lost Ellie to Jock, although he still did business deals with Jock regarding their oil ventures for a few more years. Even as late as 1939, Jock and Digger both signed a deal to share the profits of Ewing 23 between themselves and their heirs in perpetuity. However, when Ewing 6 came in, Jock put

582-467: A debt recovery corporation, and Blue Cross all employ over 1,000 individuals each locally. San Angelo serves as the regional medical center for west-central Texas. Shannon Medical Center employs over 3,000 in San Angelo and provides services to a large region of west-central Texas. The manufacturing industry has seen hits since the 1990s; however, many large employers still remain, including Ethicon

679-486: A division of Johnson & Johnson , Conner Steel, and Hirschfield Steel. The several large institutional employers in the city include Shannon Medical Center, Angelo State University, and Goodfellow Air Force Base . The last remains the largest employer in the region, employing or providing income for over 24,000 in San Angelo. The Sunset Mall , the area's major shopping mall, opened in 1979. The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts opened in 1999 in downtown San Angelo on

776-454: A female householder with no husband present, and 36.6% were not families. About 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.05. In the city, the age distribution was 23.4% under 18 and 13.8% who were 65 or older. The median age was 32.8 years. The population was 48.7% male and 51.3% female. The median income for

873-485: A fight at a bar in 1952 and heard Jock order Hutch to leave Southfork by morning or he was going to kill him, Jock was indicted for murdering Hutch McKinney. Due to his longstanding love for Miss Ellie, and not wanting to devastate her life, as would be the case if Jock were sent to prison, Digger made a deathbed confession that he had murdered Hutch. Digger died of alcohol poisoning in 1980, after decades of mostly heavy drinking. Jock claimed that he never cheated Digger out of

970-487: A fortune but had taken control of the company, because Digger would have squandered any profit. The feud between the Ewing and Barnes families never ended after Digger's death, and continued with J. R. and Cliff throughout the series. In the episode " Let Me In ", his name was seen written on the will of his wife. Cliff would mention his name in " Love & Family ", saying he would finally gain control of what had been stolen from Digger Barnes. Despite obtaining Ewing Oil at

1067-420: A household in the city was $ 38,777, and for a family was $ 49,640. Males had a median income of $ 33,257 versus $ 26,750 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 20,970. About 13.9% of families and 17.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.4% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over. San Angelo has consistently been ranked by many publications and rankings as one of

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1164-495: A man called Wally Wyndham. He had witnessed the dissolving of the partnership and revealed that the document was with Jock's first wife, Amanda Ewing. The family met with Amanda, retrieved the document and won the battle for control. The company was now owned as follows: By 1986, the price of oil dropped dramatically, the Middle East flooded the market with their oil, sending the price of crude oil down to an all-time low. It

1261-543: A member of the Texas Tech University System since 2007. San Angelo has a branch of Howard College , which is based in Big Spring, Texas . The two-year school prepares students academically for transfer to a four-year university, and concentrates in technical and occupational fields of study that lead to certificates and/or associate in applied science degrees. A branch of Park University

1358-485: A partner in Ewing Oil after Cliff sold his own company, Barnes-Wentworth, and Bobby, J.R. and Cliff ran Ewing Oil together. After his new wife April died in 1990, Bobby decided to leave Ewing Oil, as he blamed the oil business for her death. Later J.R. sold his Ewing Oil shares to Cliff Barnes, because he was planning to take over WestStar Oil. J.R.'s plot didn't succeed and he lost control of both Ewing Oil and WestStar on

1455-472: A result, he met Jock Ewing while riding in a train boxcar on the way to the oil fields, and the two became friends. Willard, Jock, and Jock's brother Jason all became wildcatters and began drilling their own fields. Willard had a unique ability to smell oil underground, earning him the nickname "Digger", which over time became the name that people used more and more (even his children would sometimes call him "Digger", in addition to "Daddy"), eventually getting to

1552-489: A rig explosion, but gave Cliff the deeds to Digger's deserved land, only at the expense of not being able to enjoy it. Overall though, Pamela decided to continue on the Barnes-Ewing feud, being the third generation. San Angelo, Texas San Angelo ( / s æ n ˈ æ n dʒ ə l oʊ / SAN AN -jə-loh ) is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas , United States. Its location

1649-528: A series of new forts designed to protect the frontier. The fort was home to cavalry, infantry, and the famous Black Cavalry, also known as buffalo soldiers by American Indians. The settler Bartholomew J. DeWitt founded the village of Santa Angela outside the fort at the junction of the North and South Concho Rivers. He named the village after his wife, Carolina Angela. The name was eventually changed to San Angela. The name would change again to San Angelo in 1883 on

1746-588: A son Aaron, born in the 1870s, had Southfork Ranch signed over to him and carried on his father's legacy. Aaron and his wife Barbara had two children: son Garrison and daughter Eleanor, who eventually became known as Miss Ellie. Miss Ellie was the sweetheart of Willard "Digger" Barnes in the first half of the Great Depression . In 1936, Miss Ellie married Jock Ewing, who helped Aaron save Southfork Ranch from bankruptcy. Aaron died in 1959, and Garrison in 1979. Garrison dated and later married Cherie Simmons (in

1843-408: A son named Jack and a daughter named Jamie. Jock and Digger returned to Dallas where they started, and they soon became rivals over Ellie. Digger's love for Miss Ellie had only grown since their initial brief romance in 1930, but Digger's drinking, gambling and undependability eventually made Miss Ellie see that Digger would never change and that he was not the type of man to marry. Jock and Ellie became

1940-403: A sustainable form of theatre was established. In 1969‚ a fire demolished the school building in which the theatre was housed. The theatre performed at various locations for 13 years, until purchasing the 230-seat historic Parkway Theater in 1980. Angelo Civic Theatre continues to serve the community of San Angelo and produce six in-house plays a year. Ballet San Angelo was founded in 1983 for

2037-549: Is a character in the popular American television series Dallas created by David Jacobs . Digger was played by actors David Wayne and Keenan Wynn in the show's first three seasons from 1978 to 1980, and as a young man by David Marshall Grant in the made-for-TV movie prequel The Early Years in 1986. As the patriarch of the Barnes family, Digger was the father of Cliff Barnes and step-father of Pam Ewing . Digger shocked Pamela on his deathbed by revealing that Hutch McKinney

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2134-441: Is a fictional company on the updated version of Dallas . Formerly Barnes Global, it is owned by Cliff Barnes, his daughter Pamela (with husband John Ross Ewing), and his nephew Christopher Ewing. Cliff is currently being represented by his hired proxy Nicolas Treviño (a childhood friend of Elena Ramos). Cliff had built an international conglomerate, Barnes Global, which owned more than 100 subsidiaries in over 50 countries. After

2231-482: Is home to Angelo State University , historic Fort Concho , and Goodfellow Air Force Base . It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Angelo . In 1632, a short-lived mission of Franciscans under Spanish auspices was founded in the area to serve native people. The mission was led by the friars Juan de Salas and Juan de Ortega, with Ortega remaining for six months. The area was visited by

2328-604: Is in the Concho Valley , a region of West Texas between the Permian Basin to the northwest, Chihuahuan Desert to the southwest, Osage Plains to the northeast, and Central Texas to the southeast. According to the 2020 United States Census , San Angelo had a total population of 99,893. It is the principal city and center of the San Angelo metropolitan area , which had a population of 121,516. San Angelo

2425-847: Is in the San Angelo Independent School District . Small parts are within the Wall Independent School District (southeast San Angelo), the Grape Creek Independent School District (northwest San Angelo), and the Veribest Independent School District . The two main high schools are Central with Central Freshmen Campus and Lake View (of San Angelo ISD). Three middle schools and 21 elementary schools are within San Angelo city limits. Eight private schools operate in

2522-620: Is located on the Goodfellow Air Force Base. The Goodfellow Campus Center has been providing higher education to the Concho Valley area since 1989. Park University's main campus was established in 1875 and is located in Parkville, Missouri. San Angelo is also home to a branch of American Commercial College, a private for-profit career college. It offers seven career certificate programs. Almost all of San Angelo

2619-734: Is served by the San Angelo Regional Airport , which offers daily flights through Envoy Air to the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport . Intrastate and interstate bus service is provided by Greyhound , with regularly scheduled service to major cities in Texas and nationwide. Intracity public transportation is provided by the Concho Valley Transit District with five fixed bus routes, with transfers provided at

2716-654: The Chihuahuan Desert at the junction of the North and South Concho Rivers . The city has three lakes: Twin Buttes Reservoir , O.C. Fisher Reservoir , and Lake Nasworthy . The Middle Concho River joined the South Concho several miles upstream, but the confluence has been obscured by the Twin Buttes dam. San Angelo is about 225 miles (362 km) west of Austin . San Angelo falls near

2813-538: The United States Army to protect settlers and maintain vital trade routes. The restored site is home to several museums, and is open to visitors Tuesday through Sunday. Fort Concho is one of nine forts along the Texas Forts Trail . The San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo is held annually. It began in 1932, making it one of the longest-running rodeos in the world. It is nationally renowned within

2910-451: The Asian deal and it was important for the relationship to continue. But unbeknown to Bobby, Jock had taken $ 12,000,000 out of the Ewing Oil account to go into a business deal with Punk Anderson. Bobby eventually pulled the deal off via a loan but had a terrible fight with Jock and decided to quit Ewing Oil, and later became a state senator. Jock reinstated J.R. as president and his first move

3007-713: The Asian leases to members of the Cartel (a small group of independent oil companies who work together for mutual benefit) - Seth Stone, Jordan Lee, Wade Luce and Andy Bradley - as well as banker Vaughn Leland, all bought shares. The next day there was a political revolt in Asia and the wells were nationalized. The investors lost everything, sending them all near bankruptcy, though J.R. had minimized his losses by selling most of his shares. Seth Stone could not bear to tell his wife Marilee that he had nearly bankrupted her father's company, and killed himself. Jock and Bobby believed that J.R. knew

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3104-516: The CIA's archives as a clerk. He stumbled upon information revealing J.R.'s involvement with Calhoun, which was a federal crime. Mrs. Scotfield then gave the story to a small town paper which printed it and opened the biggest can of worms J.R. was ever to see. Jeremy Wendell of WestStar wanted Ewing Oil's assets. He made Mrs. Scotfield a rich woman, for which she gave him the evidence he needed to destroy Ewing Oil. The Ewings finally lost Ewing Oil in 1987 when

3201-656: The Castillo-Martin expedition of 1650 and the Diego de Guadalajara expedition of 1654. During the development the region, San Angelo was at the western edge of the region called Texas, successively claimed in the 1800s by the nations of Spain , Mexico , the Republic of Texas , and finally, the United States in 1846. The city of San Angelo was founded in 1867, when the United States built Fort Concho, one of

3298-482: The Ewings to court for their rightful shares in Ewing Oil. The case went to court and the Ewings had a fight on their hands to keep control. Jamie's brother, Jack, came to Dallas and went to J.R. and Bobby to reveal that he had proof that Ewing Oil was owned outright by Jock Ewing . But there was a price for this information, Jack wanted 10% of Ewing Oil. The Ewing family agreed and Jack took Ray , Bobby and J.R. to meet

3395-590: The Ewings. Elena sought help from Joaquin, a close friend who she grew up with in Mexico. In 1997 he changed his name to Nicolas Treviño . He became a billionaire not long after. Elena directed him to Cliff where Nicolas became his proxy for his 1/3 ownership in Barnes Global now Ewing Global. He showed up in Dallas in the season premiere and stopped the Ewings from selling their consumers division to help pay for

3492-519: The Justice Department shut the company down after J.R.'s criminal activities were exposed and all of its assets were sold to WestStar Oil. In 1988, Bobby obtained the right to use the Ewing Oil name again. At the same time, J.R. blackmailed Jeremy Wendell and re-acquired the former Ewing Oil assets from WestStar Oil. He and Bobby agreed to merge their holdings, effectively resurrecting Ewing Oil. In 1989, Bobby invited Cliff Barnes to become

3589-551: The River Stage, an outdoor venue on the Concho River. Angelo Civic Theatre is the oldest community theatre in Texas. It was founded on November 21, 1885, to raise resources for a town clock at the county courthouse. Though wavering economic times and two world wars stopped artistic efforts in the community on a number of occasions, theatrical productions continued. In 1950, Angelo Civic Theatre gained nonprofit status and

3686-547: The Spring Creek Wetland, which has 260 acres (110 ha) being developed by the Federal Bureau of Reclamation, including a 7-mile (11 km) trail; its terrain varies from a semiarid environment to a freshwater marsh. It also maintains the one-mile (1.6-km) nature trail off Spillway Road. Historic Fort Concho, a National Historic Landmark maintained by the city of San Angelo, was founded in 1867 by

3783-495: The Stephens Performing Arts Center (formerly a Coca-Cola factory) which contains the 300-seat Brooks and Bates Theater, a black-box theater, seven ballet studios, and administrative spaces. Since its inaugural 2017–2018 season, SAPAC has hosted over 100 performances annually. Downtown San Angelo is home to various art galleries. The San Angelo Art Walk, held every third Thursday, includes a viewing of

3880-466: The alcoholic troubles that would end his life many decades later, although he would have some periods of sobriety in between. After World War II , Digger married a teenager named Rebecca Blake, with whom he had four children: Tyler, Cliff , Catherine and Pamela . Tyler and Catherine both died in infancy. It was a mostly troubled marriage, due to Digger's bitterness at the Ewings , his heavy drinking, and

3977-1070: The arctic leases. Later, Nicholas made a deal with John Ross to have Ewing Global go public. However doing so made the Ewings lose all control of Ewing Global to Nicholas's Mexican cartel. However, Pamela made a deal to buy it back without anyone else, only to learn that Bobby and Sue Ellen had secured the shares of the company from Carlos Del Sol, cutting both her and John Ross out of the company Ewing Global Shares Early 2012 Ewing Global Shares: Cliff Barnes: 99% Early 2013 Ewing Energies Shares: Cliff Barnes: 33% Pamela Rebecca Barnes: 33% Christopher Ewing: 33% Late 2013 Ewing Energies/Ewing Global Shares: Cliff Barnes: 33% Pamela Rebecca Barnes - John Ross Ewing: 33% Christopher Ewing: 33% Early 2014 Ewing Global Shares: Nicolas Trevino: 33% Christopher Ewing: 33% Pamela Rebecca Ewing/John Ross Ewing: 33% Bobby Ewing: Partner Sue Ellen Ewing: Partner Late 2014 Ewing Global Shares Bobby Ewing: 50% Sue Ellen Ewing: 50% Willard %22Digger%22 Barnes Willard "Digger" Barnes

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4074-494: The banks of the Concho River, built with local limestone and end-grain Texas mesquite. It attracts over 85,000 visitors a year, and is home to the National Ceramic Competition. The San Angelo Performing Arts Center (PAC) provides access to the highest level of performing arts by presenting local, national, and international touring shows at two historic venues: the 1,350-seat 1928 Murphey Auditorium and

4171-562: The best small cities for business and employment. In 2013, it ranked fourth in the nation in Forbes magazine's "Best Small Cities For Jobs" rankings. In 2010, Kiplinger's Personal Finance named San Angelo as one of the "Best Cities of the Next Decade". In 2009, CNN Money ranked San Angelo as one of the best cities to launch a small business. San Angelo has a diverse economy for a city of its size. Although most oil fields lie to

4268-435: The boundary between the subtropical semiarid scrubland (Köppen BSh ) and midlatitude scrubland climates (Köppen BSk ). It is located at the region where Central Texas meets West Texas weather. Temperatures reach 100 °F (37.8 °C) about 30.1 days per year on average. However, in 2011, San Angelo recorded 100 days of 100 °F (37.8 °C) or higher. The typical year has 60.3 days with lows below freezing. Though

4365-410: The business community. Bobby made several business decisions including changing banks and selling Ewing assets to buy a refinery, all while not consulting Jock or J.R. about any deals. Jock and J.R. became very close during this time and Jock regretted that he ever made Bobby president of Ewing Oil. Bobby committed Ewing Oil to a deal with the Cartel, the first business Ewing Oil had done with them since

4462-512: The census of 2010, 93,200 people, 36,117 households, and 22,910 families resided in the city. The population density was 1,601 people/sq mi (618/km ). The racial makeup of the city was about 83.0% White, 5.4% African American, 1.4% Native American, 1.7% Asian, 11.3% from other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 38.5% of the population. Of the 36,117 households, 27.6% had children under 18 living with them, 44.2% were married couples living together, 14.2% had

4559-513: The child off as Digger's own daughter, with Digger becoming Pam's legal father. Early in Pam's life, Rebecca left Digger, leaving Cliff and Pam behind. Pam and Cliff were both raised by Digger and Digger's sister, Maggie. When Rebecca left her husband and kids behind, she left in such a way that Digger believed that she was dead. After the body and the gun were found and a witness, Murdo Ferris, came forward and said that he had seen Jock and Hutch get into

4656-509: The city founded San Angelo College, one of the region's first institutes of higher education. The city had been passed over by the Texas State Legislature to be the home of what would become Texas Tech University . San Angelo College, one of the first municipal colleges, has grown to become Angelo State University . The military returned to San Angelo during World War II with the founding of Goodfellow Air Force Base, which

4753-478: The city, certified through the 12th grade, which include Ambleside School of San Angelo (a member of Ambleside Schools International), San Angelo Christian Academy, the Angelo Catholic School (only up to 8th grade), Cornerstone Christian School, Gateway Christian Academy, Trinity Lutheran School, Potter's Hand Christian School, and Texas Leadership Charter Academy (a charter school ). San Angelo

4850-648: The city. Two agricultural research centers are located in San Angelo: the Angelo State University Management Instruction and Research Center and the Texas A&;M Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at San Angelo. The telecommunication industry is a strong employer in San Angelo. Sitel has a call center in San Angelo. In addition, Frontier Communications , Performant Recovery Inc. (formerly DCS),

4947-434: The company Ewing Energies as a successor to Ewing Oil. Ewing Energies is a fictional company in the revived Dallas series. The company Ewing Energies was started by John Ross Ewing , Christopher Ewing , Elena Ramos , and Bobby Ewing . John Ross continues the Ewing tradition in the oil industry while Christopher works on new gas hydrates technology. Because of John Ross and Elena's works on new oil drilling technology,

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5044-400: The deal off, but Calhoun refused to stop. J.R. informed the CIA as to Calhoun's mission, and the mission failed, with Calhoun's mercenaries dying in the process. Calhoun blamed J.R. and set out to exact revenge. He kidnapped John Ross and threatened to kill him, but Ray shot Calhoun in time. The CIA decided on a cover up to keep their involvement secret. However, Mrs Scotfield's brother worked at

5141-427: The deal was to provide video tape evidence that would clear John Ross. By doing this, Christopher also prevented Bobby from having to drill on Southfork to protect John Ross from Vicente. It is discovered in the season finale that before his arrest for his hand in the fraudulent Southfork sale, Vicente was about to sell off his South American rights to Cliff Barnes . In Season 2, Ewing Energies has been opened. Elena

5238-430: The death of J.R. Ewing Cliff conspired with trucking magnate Harris Ryland and Texas governor Sam McConaughey to take down the Ewing family once and for all. Cliff's plan was to sabotage Christopher's technology demonstration on the gas rig, causing the state to levy a billion dollar fine against Ewing Energies. Meanwhile, Governor McConaughy was to seize the Ewings' oil wells via eminent domain, making it impossible to pay

5335-453: The eminent domain on the Ewings' oil wells. Emma stole evidence from her father's safe that linked him to working with a Mexican drug cartel and cocaine trafficking. Christopher got proof that his adoptive mother Pamela Barnes Ewing was dead and he inherited 1/3 of Barnes Global. Cliff's daughter Pamela, who married John Ross, convinced him to give her 1/3 of Barnes Global giving the Ewings control of Barnes Global and Ewing Energies again. Cliff

5432-497: The end of the original series, Cliff did not let the feud drop and in 2013 his prime goal was taking down the Ewings and getting hold of their new company Ewing Energies, still feeling that Digger and the Barnes were cheated. This feud ended when Cliff was implicated in the murder of J.R. Ewing and sent to a Mexican prison. Although his daughter Pamela (Digger's granddaughter) discovered Cliff was innocent of J.R.'s murder, she left him in prison for indirectly killing her unborn children on

5529-535: The end of the year, the brother with the greatest profit would inherit 51% of the company and the loser would get 19%. The remainder would go to Miss Ellie, Ray and Gary who would inherit 10% each. Bobby's route was to drill in frozen ground in Canada using a new, experimental Tundra Torque drill bit. J.R.'s route was to over-pump oil with a special variance from the OLM (which he obtained through blackmail), refine it and open

5626-506: The executive management team. J.R. resented his presence and wanted him out of the way. Things came to a head at the end of 1978, when Bobby resigned from Ewing Oil and started up Ewing Construction. When Cliff Barnes , the son of Jock's rival Digger Barnes , became Commissioner of the Office of Land Management, he used his position to declare war on the Ewings and Ewing Oil. He halted the new drilling sites of Ewing Oil and began shutting down

5723-433: The field in his name only, to prevent Digger from gambling and drinking his half away. Digger was furious and he claimed that Jock had stolen the wells for himself, ending their friendship and business relationship. While Digger was known for his liking of alcohol even when he was still on good terms with Jock, it was in the years following his fallout with Jock that Digger's wandering and drinking worsened considerably, causing

5820-412: The fine. Cliff bought the debt and knowing the Ewings didn't have the money to pay the fine, took control of Ewing Energies. This is how Barnes Global and Ewing Energies "merged". The Ewings prevailed thanks to J.R.'s final scheme. Sue Ellen got the first report of the gas rig explosion that proved the rig was sabotaged and the governor intentionally hid the report. She blackmailed the governor into ending

5917-553: The insistence of the United States Postal Service , as San Angela was grammatically incorrect in Spanish. The town became a trade center for farmers and settlers in the area, as well as a fairly lawless cowtown filled with brothels, saloons, and gambling houses. After being designated as the county seat, the town grew quickly in the 1880s, aided by being on the route of newly constructed railroads. It became

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6014-490: The land he bought from Bobby. The two called their company Ramos Oil. Early 2012 Ewing Energies Shares: Bobby Ewing 30% John Ross Ewing 30% Christopher Ewing 30% Elena Ramos 10% Late 2012 Ewing Energies Shares: Bobby Ewing 25% John Ross Ewing 25% Christopher Ewing 25% Elena Ramos 25% Early 2013 Ewing Energies Shares: Bobby Ewing 25% John Ross Ewing 25% Christopher Ewing 15% Sue Ellen Ewing 25% Pamela Rebecca Barnes 10% Ewing Global

6111-481: The largest collections in the world. The city also provides several municipal parks on Lake Nasworthy, one of three lakes near the city; the others are Twin Buttes Reservoir and O.C. Fisher Reservoir. The 7,677-acre (3,107 ha) San Angelo State Park , owned and maintained by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department , is located on the shores of the O.C. Fisher Reservoir. Many activities are available within

6208-628: The nation's premier regional universities, it was featured in the Princeton Review Best 373. The only other two listed from the state were Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin . Angelo State offers almost 100 different undergraduate programs and 23 graduate programs, including three doctoral programs. The university is divided into six colleges: Business, Education, Liberal and Fine Arts, Nursing and Allied Health, Sciences, and Graduate Studies. It has been

6305-529: The oil fields. J.R. quickly had to find a new source of income. J.R. invested $ 200,000,000 in offshore leases in Asia and remortgaged Southfork Ranch to do this. The wells came in as one of the biggest oil strikes in the world, making the Ewing family even wealthier. However, Jock was so upset over J.R.'s remortgaging of Southfork Ranch that Bobby stepped in to help run Ewing Oil. J.R. had gotten word that problems were escalating in Asia so he decided to sell 75% of

6402-400: The oil pulled from wells would be used to bankroll a new gas hydrates technology developed by Christopher and Elena's collaboration. When John Ross was attacked while in police custody for the suspected murder of Veronica Martinez aka Marta Del Sol , Christopher signed over exclusive South American rights to his technology to John Ross's former business partner, Vicente Cano. Vicente's part of

6499-463: The oil that went to Farlow Refineries as a way to force Sue Ellen to come back to him with their son, John Ross . This put a great strain on the Ewing finances as the price of oil dropped and J.R. was stuck with a load of oil he couldn't get rid of. In 1982, Jock was killed in a helicopter crash in South America . Just prior to this, as an interim measure in his absence, Jock gave his family

6596-558: The only active modular theatre in the United States. The university also presents numerous concerts and recitals throughout the year, and has numerous displays in the Angelo State University Art Gallery. The public is encouraged to attend. The San Angelo City Park system was created in 1903. The city has 32 parks with over 375 acres (1.52 km ) of developed land. The department maintains a 33-acre municipal golf course (Santa Fe Park Golf Course) along

6693-469: The pain caused by the deaths of Tyler and Catherine. Digger and Rebecca divorced shortly afterwards. Digger became a single father who raised Cliff and Pam with the help of his sister, Maggie. In 1979, after a dizzy spell, Cliff took Digger to the doctor, and Digger was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis , an inherited genetic condition that is passed down from parent to child, and is a potentially deadly risk, to young babies in particular. The neurofibromatosis

6790-567: The park, including camping, picnicking, and swimming, as well as hiking, mountain biking, orienteering, and horseback riding on over 50 miles (80 km) of developed trails. The park is home to the official State of Texas Longhorn herd . The San Angelo Nature Center, located at Lake Nasworthy, is an educational center open to the public. It features many native and exotic animals, including alligators , bobcats , prairie dogs , tortoises , and 85 different species of reptiles, including 22 different species of rattlesnakes . The center includes

6887-483: The point where virtually nobody called him "Willard" anymore. Digger's brilliant ability to sniff oil, combined with Jock's brilliant business skills, enabled them to start making a fortune. Digger and Jason had a lot of disagreements and did not get on, but Jock would always stand up for Digger at this time. Jason soon left Texas to wildcat in Alaska , where he married a woman named Nancy Shaw, and fathered two children,

6984-460: The power to control the company with voting shares which were divided as follows: When J.R.'s plan to ruin the Farlows backfired, Miss Ellie stepped in to stop the destruction of Ewing Oil and made a deal with Clayton Farlow. Furious at J.R., she persuaded the family to vote with her to have him fired as president, but changed her mind at the last moment as nobody would be able to take his place at

7081-506: The purpose of presenting an annual production of The Nutcracker . It offers a full season of productions including a choreography performance and a Children's Ballet. Ballet San Angelo also offers ballet training for students, a fitness program, a scholarship, and a community outreach program. Angelo State University, through "The Arts at ASU", puts on six plays a year open to the general public. These range from dinner theater and theater-in-the-round to conventional theatre productions, using

7178-416: The region does experience snow and sleet, they occur only a few times a year. The city has an average annual precipitation of 20.94 inches (532 mm), with the wettest calendar year being 2016 with 35.72 inches (907.3 mm) and the driest 1956 with 7.41 inches (188.2 mm). As of the 2020 United States census , 99,893 people, 36,843 households, and 23,026 families were residing in the city. As of

7275-522: The river, 25 playgrounds, and 25 sports practice fields. The "crown jewels" of the parks system are the parks that make up the 10 miles (16 km) of river frontage on the Concho River winding through downtown and beyond. The parks feature many plazas, public art displays, and numerous water features. The city is home to the International Water Lily Collection. The park contains over 300 varieties of water lilies, one of

7372-441: The rodeo circuit, bringing in the top contestants and ranking as one of top-10 rodeos in the nation for monetary prizes awarded to contestants. It includes a parade, carnival, and concerts, and many other events in addition to the main stock show and rodeo. San Angelo is home to Angelo State University. Founded in 1928, it enrolls about 10,000 students, who come from almost every county in Texas, 40 states, and 24 countries. One of

7469-401: The same day. At the end of the original series in 1991, Cliff Barnes had become sole owner of Ewing Oil. In the 1996 TV movie Dallas: J.R. Returns , Cliff Barnes sold Ewing Oil to Bobby and Sue Ellen. In the 1998 TV movie Dallas: War Of The Ewings , J.R. managed to wrangle his way back into Ewing Oil to become partners with Bobby and Sue Ellen. In the revived Dallas series (which ignores

7566-586: The television movie The Early Years ), but it is unknown if the couple had any children. Ewing Oil is a fictional oil company from the television series Dallas . Jock Ewing founded Ewing Oil in 1930 and ran it until 1977, when he retired as President . Several years prior to the debut of Dallas , J.R. Ewing had returned home to Southfork after serving in Vietnam and became vice-president of Ewing Oil. When Jock retired, J.R. became President of Ewing Oil. Bobby Ewing returned to Dallas and joined

7663-453: The terms of their divorce settlement. Jack maliciously sold his 10% share to Jamie for $ 1 so April would only get 50 cents, but after Jamie died without leaving a signed will, her husband Cliff Barnes inherited it, finally giving him a piece of the Ewing's company, much to J.R.'s chagrin. Jack and the Ewings went to court to nullify the sale Jack made to Jamie but were only partly successful as the judge decided that only April's half of Jack's 10%

7760-479: The time. However, when Ellie later learned that J.R. had used Ewing Oil to ruin Cliff Barnes (resulting in his attempted suicide), the family voted unanimously to remove J.R. as president and Bobby took over again. Some months later, Jock Ewing's will was finally read which stated that Ewing Oil would be split 50-50 between J.R. and Bobby and would run half each as a separate company for a period of one year. At

7857-409: The two 1990s Dallas TV movies), Ewing Oil has ceased to exist after being absorbed into Barnes Global, a multinational conglomerate owned by Cliff Barnes . However, John Ross Ewing III briefly started an oil company under the name Ewing Oil, but this was not the same company that his grandfather Jock Ewing had founded and that his father J.R. had inherited and worked in. Later, the Ewings would start

7954-639: The various downtown art galleries. These include the Kendall Art Gallery, Ruiz Studio, Black Swan Gallery, the Glass Prism, Bonnie Beesley Rug Gallery, and the Wool 'n Cotton Shop, as well as other public art venues. A free trolley service is available to the public. The San Angelo Symphony, founded in 1949, plays several events a year, with its feature event being on July 3. Over 20,000 people regularly attend that performance, which takes place at

8051-418: The wells were going to be nationalized, and that the Cartel had been double crossed, but J.R. denied that he knew anything prior to the nationalization. Bobby decided to leave Dallas after Jock supported J.R. shutting down a Ewing field to prevent Cliff Barnes from gaining any profit from the field (Cliff discovered a document that proved his father owned half of the field). One night in the spring of 1980, J.R.

8148-486: The west, many oil-field service companies based in the city employ a large number of local residents. The agricultural industry in San Angelo remains strong. Producer's Livestock Auction is the nation's largest for sheep and lambs, and is among the top five in the nation for cattle auctions. Though most agricultural work is done outside the city, thousands of employees work in the cattle and lamb meat-processing industries, and many more work in agriculture supporting roles inside

8245-408: Was about to double-cross Bobby and take control of Ewing Oil, but at the last moment Bobby Ewing won the contest when his Canadian project struck oil. Bobby kept his word and allowed J.R. to have an equal share in the company and the brothers would run the company side by side. Ownership of Ewing Oil was now as follows: In 1984, Bobby was shot at the office by Katherine Wentworth, Pam's half-sister who

8342-416: Was assigned to train pilots at the time. San Angelo grew exponentially during the oil boom of the 1900s, when vast amounts of oil were found in the area, and the city became a regional hub of the oil and gas industry. The San Angelo Independent School District is a public school district based in San Angelo, Texas, and became one of the first in Texas to integrate, doing so voluntarily in 1955. San Angelo

8439-572: Was beneficial for WestStar, but disastrous for independents like Ewing Oil. J.R. was forced to shut down many fields, causing a great deal of unemployment. A Ewing employee named Scotfield lost his job and, in his anger, he blew up a well, was later arrested and committed suicide. Mrs Scotfield, his widow, wanted revenge and told Bobby that "one day a big fish like Ewing Oil is gonna get eaten up and swallowed whole by an even bigger fish." By this time, Jack Ewing's ex-wife April Stevens had arrived in Dallas to claim half of Jack's 10% share of Ewing Oil as per

8536-634: Was famous for Miss Wool of America Pageant , an annual event organized by the National Wool Growers Association (U.S.) According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 58.2 sq mi (150.9 km ), of which 2.3 sq mi (6.1 km ) (4.03%) are covered by water. San Angelo falls on the northwestern edge of the Edwards Plateau and the northeastern edge of

8633-432: Was framed for the murder of J.R. Ewing and was imprisoned in a Mexican jail but he did manage to contact Elena Ramos and revealed that years ago her father had bought some oil-rich land but that J.R. had switched land deeds and her father was left with useless land while J.R. made millions originally belonging to her father. Cliff gave Elena his power of attorney over his third of the company, and told her to exact revenge on

8730-527: Was given 5% from each board member to even out the board. Sue Ellen had recently given Elena a loan for drilling, but she buckled down on Elena before she could start pumping. This forced Elena out of Ewing Energies and Sue Ellen gladly took her place. Around this same time, Pamela demanded 10% of the company which had to do with the annulment of her and Christopher's marriage. Pamela took 10% of Christopher which dropped Christopher below John Ross, Bobby, and Sue Ellen. Elena teamed up with her brother Drew and drilled

8827-494: Was her father but that he had always loved her as though she were his own. Willard Barnes' father, Henry Barnes, was best friends with Aaron Southworth, the father of Miss Ellie Southworth . Henry saved Aaron's life, so he took care of young Willard throughout much of his adolescence. Willard first started dating Miss Ellie in 1930, when she was fifteen years old. However, after being caught with Miss Ellie by her brother, Garrison, Willard decided to try his fortune at wildcatting. As

8924-434: Was in love with him. During his recovery, Donna Krebbs stepped into his place, much to the annoyance of J.R. Jamie Ewing, Jock's niece, turned up at Southfork Ranch from Alaska , where she had been working in the oil business. Her father Jason, Jock's brother, had died and Jamie had a document which proved that Ewing Oil was in fact owned by Jock, Digger Barnes and Jason. Jamie married Cliff Barnes and they sided to take

9021-524: Was shot at the Ewing offices. Among the suspects were the various Cartel members whom J.R. had swindled, Cliff Barnes, and J.R's wife, Sue Ellen , although it turned out to be Sue Ellen's sister, former Ewing Oil secretary Kristin Shepard , who had done it. While J.R. was in surgery, Bobby was made president of Ewing Oil. Bobby moved very fast and was eager to prove he was smarter and better than J.R. at running Ewing Oil, but encountered numerous obstacles in

9118-477: Was sold fraudulently but Jack's own half was not and therefore Cliff got to keep 5% of Ewing oil. As April agreed to sell her share back to J.R. and Bobby, the company was now divided as follows: The same year, J.R. wanted the price of American crude to rise and he met with mercenary B.D. Calhoun whom he paid to go to the Middle East and start trouble by blowing up oil wells. However, the CIA had Calhoun under surveillance and made this known to J.R. who tried to call

9215-622: Was the father of her unborn baby. An angry Digger punched Hutch and Hutch pulled a pistol on Digger, the gun being Jock's, which Hutch had stolen that night before he left Southfork. This then resulted in Rebecca taking Hutch by surprise, disarming him, and Digger picking up the gun and shooting Hutch dead in a temper. Digger then buried Hutch's body and disposed of the stolen gun on a section of Southfork land, where they remained undiscovered for over twenty-five years. Rebecca gave birth to Hutch's biological daughter, Pamela, and both she and Digger passed

9312-540: Was to improve both his and Ewing Oil's public image, so he hired public relations specialist Leslie Stewart. J.R. secretly financed the overthrow of the new government that nationalized the Asian wells and the country's new rulers returned the oil wells to their Texas owners. The Cartel and Jock were thrilled but Cliff Barnes uncovered J.R.'s plot and tried to have him prosecuted but failed. After his wife Sue Ellen left Southfork and moved in with Dusty Farlow at Southern Cross Ranch in San Angelo , J.R. began stock-piling all of

9409-500: Was very likely responsible for the premature deaths of Tyler and Catherine, both of whom died before they reached their first birthday. At the time of the diagnosis, there was a strong possibility that Cliff was the biological father of baby John Ross , who was the son of J. R. 's wife, Sue Ellen , and there were fears for the health of John Ross from Cliff, who wanted to talk to Sue Ellen. At Pam's urging, they decided not to say anything, to discreetly take John Ross for tests, and to keep

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