Following the discovery of oil beneath the Spindletop salt dome in 1901, the Texas Oil Boom and birth of the petroleum industry formally occurred. Erection of oil derricks covered what was once an area unremarkable save for natural gas seeps, heralding a shift to a new industrial age. | Creator: Texas Energy Museum | Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/48737773@N04/53054430717/in/album-72157635303577624/Download Original File
