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Spindletop
The Lucas No. 1 well blew in at Spindletop near Beaumont, spraying over 100ft in the air. It later went on to produce over 75,000 barrels of oil a day. -
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Oil Fever Spreads
Between 1902 and 1910, oil fever spread through North Central Texas, with finds at Brownwood, Petrolia and Wichita Falls. -
Electra field
Water-well drillers on the W.T. Waggoner Ranch in Wichita County in 1911 found oil instead, creating the Electra field. -
Ranger Field
In 1917, W.K. Gordon, general manager of the T&P Coal Company's mines at Thurber, discovered the Ranger field nearby. Ironically, the wealth of oil at Ranger, and elsewhere in the state, encouraged railroads to switch their locomotives from coal to oil and helped kill the coal-mining town of Thurber. -
Panhandle
Oil was discovered in the Panhandle starting in 1921 -
Daisy Bradford
In October 1930, the Daisy Bradford No. 3 well blew in near Turnertown and Joinerville in Rusk County, opening the East Texas field, the biggest field of all
