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The productive area of the oil field covers approximately 26,400 acres (107 km 2), or over 41 square miles (110 km 2), in a roughly circular area in far eastern Pecos County, south, southwest and west of the town of Iraan. Texas State Highway 349 borders the field on the east, and U.S. Highway 190/193 borders the field on the north, passing ...
The Texas oil boom, sometimes called the gusher age, was a period of dramatic change and economic growth in the U.S. state of Texas during the early 20th century that began with the discovery of a large petroleum reserve near Beaumont, Texas.
Iraan was an oil boom town, and it developed quickly after the discovery of the gigantic Yates Oil Field, which is adjacent to the town on the southwest.The oil field was discovered in 1926, and the first buildings in town were basic housing and infrastructure for workers on the field, all built by the Big Lake Oil Company, which became Plymouth Oil Company, which was purchased by the Ohio Oil ...
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During the East Texas Oil Boom of the 1930s, significant tensions arose between Kilgore and Tyler, particularly over the allocation of oil revenues and mineral rights. As oil was discovered in Kilgore, both cities vied for economic dominance in the region, with Kilgore emerging as a center of oil production while Tyler, being larger and more ...
Like a 21st century Gold Rush, tens of thousands of Americans have packed their bags in the last two years and moved to one of the country's booming oil towns. But many of these migrants, lured by ...
During the oil-boom years that followed 1930, men and families flocked to East Texas to find work in the oilfields and Joinerville's population shot up to 1,500. During the 1930s, the community, which had been nothing more than a sleepy farm town, now had thirty-five businesses and a brand new post office (established in 1931 with Esther L ...
Landman is based on the Texas Monthly podcast Boomtown.The show, released in late 2019, was hosted by former TM journalist Christian Wallace, who grew up in West Texas and spent a year after ...