Giant under the hill : a history of the Spindletop oil discovery at Beaumont, Texas, in 1901
Title:
Giant under the hill : a history of the Spindletop oil discovery at Beaumont, Texas, in 1901
ISBN:
9780876111826
Physical Description:
xii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
The early seekers -- The hometown boy -- Gladys City -- The outsider -- The brothers -- The well -- Spindletop -- Boomtown -- The oil field -- Foundations -- Spindletop, a retrospective.
Subject:
Petroleum industry and trade -- Texas -- Beaumont -- History -- 20th century. |
Oil industries -- Texas -- Beaumont -- History -- 20th century. |
Spindletop -- Texas -- Beaumont -- History -- 20th century. |
Gushers -- Texas -- Beaumont -- History -- 20th century. |
Area authors. |
Petroleum industry and trade -- Texas. |
Beaumont (Tex.) -- History. |
Spindletop Oil Field (Beaumont, Tex.) -- History. |
Beaumont (Tex.) -- Authors |
Jefferson County (Tex.) -- Authors |