Post by SOL Owner on Aug 27, 2018 11:26:06 GMT -6
THE FIRST TEXAS OIL BOOM -- 8/27/18Texas Lawrence Wright. The very first Texas oil boom:
"At the beginning of the twentieth century, near Beaumont, on the Gulf Coast close to the Louisiana line, there was a sulfurous hill called Sour Spring Mound. Gas seepage was so noticeable that schoolboys would sometimes set the hill on fire.
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"At the beginning of the twentieth century, near Beaumont, on the Gulf Coast close to the Louisiana line, there was a sulfurous hill called Sour Spring Mound. Gas seepage was so noticeable that schoolboys would sometimes set the hill on fire.
delanceyplace.com/