Oso Pool purchased the house in 1923. When Odessa became an oil boomtown in the late 1920s, Pool wisely profited from a shortage of housing by converting White's former residence into an apartment building. Charles White's house still stands today, and in fact, is the oldest existing structure in Ector County. The Ector Country Historical Commission restored the White-Pool House between 1982 and 1984 and it has since become a museum open to the public. Court upholds a Massachusetts law mandating the vaccination of its citizens.
Court also rules that state laws limiting working hours are unconstitutional.
For his role in negotiating the treaty, President Roosevelt will win the Nobel Peace Prize a year later. Information is drawn from news accounts, archives and other historical records. 20th Century Countdown. The Odessa American's daily countdown of the last 100 years, from 1900 through 1999, with a short summary of some news and newsmakers affecting residents of Odessa. Copyright 1999 Odessa American.