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2. Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum - Wikipedia

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   The Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum is located in Beaumont, Texas, to commemorate the discovery of oil at the Spindletop Hill salt dome in Beaumont on Jan. 10, 1901. The discovery sparked an oil boom in Texas that continues today. Along with a gift shop with commemorative gifts, the museum features historical, period reenactments by area ...

3. Spindletop - Wikipedia

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   Spindletop was the largest gusher the world had seen and catapulted Beaumont into an oil-fueled boomtown. Beaumont's population of 10,000 tripled in 3 months and eventually rose to 50,000. [9] Speculation led land prices to increase rapidly. By the end of 1902, more than 500 companies had been formed and 285 wells were in operation. [3]

4. Boomtown Film and Music Festival - Wikipedia

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   The Boomtown Film and Music Festival was a film and music festival held in Beaumont, Texas from 2008 to 2017: [1] [2] it was established after the Spindletop Film Festival was discontinued in 2006. [3] It was held at various businesses in Downtown Beaumont, including the Art Studio, Jefferson Theatre, Crockett Street and the Art Museum of ...

5. Conn's - Wikipedia

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   In 1937, Conn's began selling refrigerators and soon added gas ranges to its inventory. By 1940, Conn had purchased a store building and moved the company to 268 Pearl Street in Beaumont. The company's second store opened in 1959 on Eleventh Street in Beaumont. C.W. Conn Jr. joined the company in 1953 after serving in the Korean War. He ...

6. Boomtown - Wikipedia

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   Ornamental oil derricks in Kilgore, Texas, United States. A boomtown is a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth, or that is started from scratch.

7. Beaumont, Texas - Wikipedia

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   The Texas Ninth Court of Appeals is located in the Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont. [152] The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) operates the Beaumont District Parole Office in Beaumont. [153] The Texas Department of Corrections operates three facilities of various custody types in unincorporated areas of Jefferson County, with ...