Sunday, July 20, 2014
Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas
Today I am driving from Austin to New Orleans so on the way I went through Beaumont, Texas. On January 10, 1901, the Lucas Geyser came through and the new oil field soon produced over 100,000 barrels of oil per day beginning the oil boom in Texas. Soon Gulf Oil and Texaco were formed creating competition for Rockefeller's Standard Oil company.
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We, at the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, hope you enjoyed your stop-off in Beaumont and have wonderful time on the rest of your trip.
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