Gold rushes and oil booms set all sorts of people in motion, hoping to seize an opportunity, and the oil boom in North Dakota is no different.

Todd Melby is reporting a yearlong project, Black Gold Boom, from Williston, N.D. Marketplace is airing a series of his vignettes of people and scenes from Williston. Today, we hear from someone who picked up and followed the boom to North Dakota, one Bobcat John.

Black Gold Boom is an initiative of Localore and the Association of Independents in Radio.