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  2. List of museums in East Texas - Wikipedia

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    Winnsboro Historical Museum Winnsboro: Franklin [29] Kilgore College East Texas Oil Museum Kilgore: Gregg: History, artifacts and exhibits [30] Gladewater Museum Gladewater: Gregg The museum displays tell the story of Gladewater and the surrounding areas from the early settlement days through the 1930s and beyond. Elvis performed here many ...

  3. Portal:Kilgore, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Kilgore was founded in 1872 when the International–Great Northern Railroad bypassed New Danville, leading to the establishment of a new townsite. The discovery of the East Texas Oil Field in 1930 transformed Kilgore into a boomtown, drawing thousands of workers and businesses.

  4. East Texas Oil Field - Wikipedia

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    Oil Field Scene, East Texas c. 1930 A depiction of a muddy Main Street at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, Texas. Several early attempts were made to produce oil in the area, beginning in 1911, with the failed Millville Oil Company, but drilling technology had not progressed sufficiently to reach oil at the depths it is found there, which are mainly below 3,501 feet (1,067 m); most early ...

  5. East Texas Oil Museum photo exhibit features women in U ... - AOL

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    Mar. 30—The East Texas Oil Museum at Kilgore College is featuring an exhibit with photographs and interviews of women in the U.S. Senate. The photos are by Melina Mara, who began photographing ...

  6. Kilgore, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Kilgore was founded in 1872 when the International–Great Northern Railroad completed the initial phase of rail line between Palestine and Longview.The rail company chose to bypass New Danville, a small community about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Longview, in lieu of a new townsite platted on 174 acres (0.70 km 2) sold to the railroad by Constantine Buckley Kilgore, the town's namesake.

  7. File:Ford Model AA truck displayed in Kilgore, Texas East ...

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    English: A Ford truck inside the East Texas Oil Museum in Kilgore, Texas (United States). Date: July 1 2008: Source:

  8. Kilgore College - Wikipedia

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    The East Texas oil boom that started near Kilgore in late 1930 generated large amounts of revenue that made it possible to establish a community college. W.L. Dodson, superintendent of the local Kilgore school district, brought B. E. Masters, then president of Amarillo Junior College, to Kilgore in the spring of 1935 to assist in creating the ...

  9. Texas oil boom - Wikipedia

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    [5] [24] One of the first significant wells in Texas was developed near the town of Oil Springs, near Nacogdoches. The site began production in 1866. [25] The first oilfield in Texas with a substantial economic impact was developed in 1894 near Corsicana. [26] In 1898, the field built the state's first modern refinery. [26]