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East Texas Oil Field discovered
1930
Rusk County, Texas
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Columbus Marion Joiner, a wildcatter in his seventies, brought in the Daisy Bradford No. 3 in October 1930. The field proved to be the largest in the lower 48 and its glut collapsed the price of oil to ten cents a barrel.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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