On January 10, 1901, a drilling derrick at Spindletop Hill near Beaumont, Texas
The geyser was discovered at a depth of over 1,000 feet, flowed at an initial r
Crude oil, which became the world’s first trillion-dollar industry, is a natu
In the early 1890s, Texas businessman and amateur geologist Patillo Higgins bec
Beaumont became a “black gold” boomtown, its population tripling in three m
Spindletop experienced a second boom starting in the mid-1920s when more oil wa
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