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Historical Marker
Oil in Nacogdoches County, 100th Anniversary
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About this site
Oil in Nacogdoches County, 100th Anniversary is a historical marker in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, dedicated in 1966. It is one of 94 historical markers documented in Nacogdoches County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 232 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.6213, -94.6491 near Nacogdoches. The nearest cataloged historic site is Karle Wilson Baker (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Stone Fort, Women's Army Corps School, and Austin, Stephen Fuller.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5347009250. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This marker recalls that Melrose, in Nacogdoches County, was the site of the first drilled well to produce oil in Texas. In 1866 driller Lyne T. Barret and the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company struck oil at about 106 feet, and the well yielded around ten barrels a day, the state's first commercial oil production. The site also saw Texas's first attempts at refining oil, its first steel storage tanks, and its first pipeline; a state marker was placed in 1967.
Sources: tshaonline.orgaoghs.org
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