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1938 ARCO used the Sandpiper site for crude oil production after oil was discovered in 1927.
1942 On February 23, 1942 the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine I-17 surface shells the oil refinery at the Sandpiper site.
1943 At the peak of production, the Sandpiper site included 25 wells.
1954 Oil production at the Sandpiper site began phasing out.
1962 Offshore facilities had been removed, but relics remained on the Sandpiper site.
1965 Oil production officially ended, though some infrastructure remains both above and below ground.
1972 Mr. Ken Hunter purchased the property and developed Sandpiper Golf Club.
2003 Sandpiper Golf Club was purchased by Mr. Ty Warner.
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