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After the war, Killam returned once again to Laredo with his wife, the former Sue Spivey (1919-2019) of [[Sam Rayburn]]'s Bonham in Fannin County in east Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/sue-killam-obituary?pid=194590719|title=Sue Killam obituary|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|date=November 20, 2019|accessdate=December 11, 2019}}</ref> Killam resumed working in the oil business but found much time as well for his family and his community.<ref name=LMTobit/>
After the war, Killam returned once again to Laredo with his wife, the former Sue Spivey (1919-2019) of [[Sam Rayburn]]'s Bonham in Fannin County in east Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/sue-killam-obituary?pid=194590719|title=Sue Killam obituary|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|date=November 20, 2019|accessdate=December 11, 2019}}</ref> Killam resumed working in the oil business but found much time as well for his family and his community.<ref name=LMTobit/>
In 1947, Oliver Killam purchased the 80,000-acre Ortiz Ranch, which Radcliffe continued to develop. He founded the Mil Ojos ("Thousand Eyes") Hunting Club on his ranch. He was one of the first landowners in Texas to implement a game management program. He was instrumental in the creation of Lake Casa Blanca as a [[reservoir]] for the City of Laredo and gave an easement for much of the land that it covers.<ref name=leaves_mark /> The lake is now a part of Lake Casa Blanca International State Park, operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/lake_casa_blanca/ |title=Lake Casa Blanca International State Park | work = State Parks & Destinations | publisher =Texas Parks and Wildlife Department | date=February 9, 2007|accessdate=February 12, 2008}}</ref>
In 1947, Oliver Killam purchased the 80,000-acre Ortiz Ranch, which Radcliffe continued to develop. He founded the Mil Ojos ("Thousand Eyes") Hunting Club on his ranch. He was one of the first landowners in Texas to implement a game management program. He was instrumental in the creation of Lake Casa Blanca as a [[reservoir]] for the City of Laredo and gave an easement for much of the land that it covers.<ref name=leaves_mark /> The lake is now a part of Lake Casa Blanca International State Park, operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/lake_casa_blanca/|title=Lake Casa Blanca International State Park | work = State Parks & Destinations | publisher=Texas Parks and Wildlife Department| date=February 9, 2007|accessdate=December 11, 2019}}</ref>
Killam was the director of the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, renamed the Texas Oil & Gas Association, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the All-American Wildcatters Association, and the Southwest Research Institute. He was also a director of Alamo National Bank.<ref name=leaves_mark />
Killam was the director of the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, renamed the Texas Oil & Gas Association, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the All-American Wildcatters Association, and the Southwest Research Institute. He was also a director of Alamo National Bank.<ref name=leaves_mark />