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The Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum is located in Beaumont, Texas, to commemorate the discovery of oil at the Spindletop Hill salt dome in Beaumont on Jan. 10, 1901. The discovery sparked an oil boom in Texas that continues today.
Spindletop was the largest gusher the world had seen and catapulted Beaumont into an oil-fueled boomtown. Beaumont's population of 10,000 tripled in 3 months and eventually rose to 50,000. [9] Speculation led land prices to increase rapidly. By the end of 1902, more than 500 companies had been formed and 285 wells were in operation. [3]
Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum: Beaumont Jefferson Part of Lamar University, restored oil boomtown village that show the effects of the Spindletop oil well on the local community [78] Texas Artist Museum Port Arthur Jefferson Working museum for area artists [79] Texas Energy Museum: Beaumont Jefferson Texas oil industry and oil ...
The Texas Energy Museum is a museum in Beaumont, Texas in the United States. The museum was formed in 1987 to tell the story of oil through state of the art exhibits including talking robotic characters. [ 2 ]
English: The Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum is located in Beaumont, Texas, to commemorate the Lucas Gusher at the Spindletop Hill salt dome in Beaumont on Jan. 10, 1901. The discovery sparked an oil boom in Texas that continues today.
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Pattillo Higgins was born to Roberto James and Sarah (Raye) Higgins on December 5, 1863, in Sabine Pass, Texas.His family moved to Beaumont when he was six years old. He attended school until he reached the fourth grade, after which he apprenticed as a gunsmith under his father's direction.
On November 14, 1925, Frank Yount struck oil at the Spindletop field in Beaumont, Texas.The field, which had basically played out since its original discovery on January 10, 1901, produced from new strata over 340,000 barrels (54,000 m 3) of oil an acre per year, pumping in excess of 50 million barrels (7,900,000 m 3) within 5 years.