It has been demonstrated that corporate activities can be very influential in the development of company towns and work camps. This paper explores the interaction of a large petroleum corporation and the sociocultural aspects of an early 20th-century company oil camp in the southern San Joaquin Valley. This paper outlines major expectations of the study and preliminary results from the examination of the town plan, architecture, and other material remains through the use of oral histories, archival research, and initial archaeological field investigations.