Spindletop Oil Well Centennial

October 24, 2012 | 8:41 PM
By Terrence Henry

A crowd gathers to watch a side gusher on Spindletop Hill in Beaumont, Texas which was the site of the first Texas oil gusher, January 10, 1901. A new oil boom in Texas is helping the country produce more oil than it has for some time.

384183 13: FILE PHOTO: Beaumont, in the southeast corner of Texas, will host a day of centennial celebrations January 10, 2001 to commemorate the event as a historic and economic milestone. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the modern texas oil industry. ()

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