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Paul N. Spellman is professor of history at Wharton Junior College, Wharton, Texas. His first book, Forgotten Texas Leader: Hugh McLeod and the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, was published by Texas A&M University Press in 1999.
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Great story or Spindletop gusher and surrounding fields,
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This review is from: Spindletop Boom Days (Clayton Wheat Williams Texas Life Series) (Hardcover)
This detailed history of the Spindletop discovery is an excellent study of the boomtown atmosphere and the men who made it happen. A must have from anyone interested in early Texas oil history.A great storyteller, Paul N. Spellman, spins the tale of the 1901 Spindletop discovery in Jefferson County's Beaumont, Texas. Beginning with one man's idea, Patillo Higgins, that oil was there to be found in Jefferson County, the story details the struggle of making dream a reality. Many colorful stories of events and the men who made it all happen are included from available pioneer's oral histories. From fighting natures elements, disease, insects, and oilwell fires the mental might of the 1901 oil explorer becomes apparent. Too, the detailed story of man's ingenuity while creating many first time solutions to oil well drilling is most interesting. The book includes some of the history on nearby oilfields discovered after Spindletop, including Sour Lake, Big Thicket, Saratoga and Batson. The book provides a very clear view of life in a 1901 boomtown after oil is discovered. Whether it's lawlessness, gambling, prostitution, whiskey, lack of fresh water, housing or food, the boomtown greed, or the Texas Rangers, its all covered.
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Big Hill, Sour Lake, Courtesy Texas Energy Museum, Walter Sharp, Captain Lucas, Gladys City, Big Thicket, Batson Prairie, Standard Oil, Bud Coyle, Pattillo Higgins, John Galey, The World Gone Mad, Curt Hamill, Kemp Morgan, Jim Sharp, Dark Side of the Moon, Pearl Street, The Black Golconda, Crosby House, The Coarsest Place, Queen of the Neches, Getting There, Port Arthur, New York Browse Sample Pages:
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shell trade, derrick floor, slush pit, boom days, crown block, wooden derrick, oil field workers, drill pipe, ooo barrels Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Big Hill, Sour Lake, Courtesy Texas Energy Museum, Walter Sharp, Captain Lucas, Gladys City, Big Thicket, Batson Prairie, Standard Oil, Bud Coyle, Pattillo Higgins, John Galey, The World Gone Mad, Curt Hamill, Kemp Morgan, Jim Sharp, Dark Side of the Moon, Pearl Street, The Black Golconda, Crosby House, The Coarsest Place, Queen of the Neches, Getting There, Port Arthur, New York Browse Sample Pages:
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- Tales from the Derrick Floor: A People's History of the Oil Industry by Mody C Boatright on 6 pages
- George Washington by John Alexander Carroll on 4 pages
- Texas Folk and Folklore by Mody Coggin Boatright on 4 pages
- Fever in the Earth by William A. Owens on page 83, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Tales from the Big Thicket (Number One in The Temple Big Thicket Series) by Francis Edward Abernethy in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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