Spindletop

Anthony Lucas's gusher at Spindletop marked "a new era of civilization," yet was the product of the humility, persistence, and practical genius of three Waco area farmboys. Oil rapidly transformed the Texas economy from stubbornly agrarian and colonial into a first-world industrial power. For the first time in Texas history, Texans began to accumulate capital...and yet became more convinced than ever of land as the truest measure of wealth and wealth-creation.<br/><br/>Cover photo by John Trost, available online at the American Petroleum Institute.www.BrandonSeale.com