As the news spread, speculators, dreamers and oil wells popped up around Beaumont. The so-called “Lucas Gusher” at Spindletop Field would change history. It marked the birth of the modern oil ...

Oil bosses certainly like the sound of smoother permitting processes and less environmental red tape. This occasionally tied ...

Spindletop Hill, near Beaumont, is rumored to have gotten its name, which dates back to before the Civil War, from a grove of trees on the hill. The prairie that surrounded the hill would give off ...