Cheers 🍻 Beer o'clock in the old spindletop pub.

Would have loved to put this in my suitcase

At the height of activity at Spindletop, there were 285 active oil wells.

SPINDLETOP GLADYS CITY BOOMTOWN MUSEUM

July 3, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

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.
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on January 10, 1901, while the Hamill brothers were attempting to free their drill from the crevice, the famous Lucas Gusher blew in. Oil sprayed more than 100 feet above the derrick for nine days until the well was capped.
It was the greatest oil well ever seen. It was flowing 80,000 – 100,000 barrels per day.Read more