Spindletop The Untold Story
By: Christine
Moor Sanders
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The author, Christine Moor Sanders, invites you to step through history’s door and join the journey into the past. She shares the Untold Story of Spindletop, Where Oil Became An Industry. Through her words and illustrations, she will lead you to relive that fateful day in 1901 when the famous Lucas Gusher roared to life, changing the world forever. The Untold Story of Spindletop is told as seen through the eyes of Captain George Washington O’Brien and the Gladys City Company. The door is opened to examine the moral fabric, zest and intrigue of those early pioneers as their lives weave the tapestry of history. Come, join in the journey. The true story begs to be told. |
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One of the exciting aspects of history is when information becomes available for the first time a century or more after the events occurred. This occurred when the great granddaughter of one of the key players in Spindletop accessed family records, the corporate records of the Gladys City Oil, Gas and Manufacturing Company and the |
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legal records of three generations of
"O’Brien" family lawyers who dealt with Spindletop
transactions and litigation. The company still holds its producing lands on Spindletop Hill adjacent to the McFaddin,
Weiss and Kyle tract, where the famous "Lucas Gusher" was born. The
Spindletop events created today’s petroleum
industry, and this new information contradicts or requires new
interpretations of the previously known story.
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