Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Oil industry museum in Beaumont, United States.
The museum features fifteen reconstructed buildings from the 1900s, including a saloon, post office, general store, and livery stable filled with period objects.
The museum commemorates the Lucas Gusher discovery of 1901, when an oil well at Spindletop Hill produced a geyser reaching over 100 feet in height.
The site preserves the memory of the Texas oil boom through exhibitions of artifacts, photographs, and memorabilia documenting the transformation of the region.
Visitors can observe demonstrations of early oil extraction techniques at the working replica derrick and participate in educational programs about petroleum history.
The museum recreates the sound and visual effects of the original gusher through water-based demonstrations accompanied by historical narratives.
Location: Beaumont
Inception: 1976
Website: http://spindletop.org
GPS coordinates: 30.03261,-94.07911
Latest update: March 8, 2025 13:28
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