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How did Texas get its start in oil?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

In the Texas town of Corsicana, south of Dallas, civic leaders were upset when they discovered oil while drilling for water in 1893. The new well marked the beginning of the Texas oil industry.

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