A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held Saturday at Spindletop Park for new displays commemorating the 125th anniversary.

Oil magnate Miles Frank Yount started the second oil boom at Spindletop on this day in 1925. On Nov. 13, 1925, Yount’s McFaddin No. 3 well struck oil, starting the second Spindletop oil boom. Here's a ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — The Lucas Gusher at Spindletop, which gave birth to the modern petroleum industry and transformed Beaumont into an oil boom town, marks its 124th anniversary on Friday. The historic ...

The Beaumont Heritage Society marked the anniversary with a ribbon cutting event at the Spindletop Park. After Trump attack, ...

BEAUMONT -- Their ears full of the bone-rattling roar of raw energy erupting from the earth, thousands of spectators were transported back a century in time Wednesday to witness one of the most ...

The so-called Spindletop gusher, known for triggering the Texas oil boom in 1901, established the state’s leadership of the US oil industry for many decades and launched its enormous contribution to ...