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Brown County.

Description: Map shows early twentieth century Brown County, Texas property boundaries, landowners, land grants, and towns; dashed line representing existing road or proposed railroad line. Includes manuscript annotations showing petroleum prospecting activity. Scale [ca. 1:66,667].
Date: 1910
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Baylor County.

Description: Map shows early twentieth century Baylor County, Texas property boundaries, landowners, land patents, towns, and railroads; handwritten annotations for petroleum prospecting activity. Scale [ca. 1:66,667].
Date: 1917
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Opperman's map of the Middle Oil Field, 1883.

Description: Map shows petroleum exploration activity and oil fields for Warren, Forest, Clarion, and portions of adjacent Pennsylvania counties; landowners, property tracts, tract numbers, drilling and well locations, roads, railroads, and towns. Includes explanation. Scale [ca. 1:75,400].
Date: 1883
Creator: Opperman, J.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

The Lucas Gusher, 1901

Description: Photograph of the Lucas gusher in 1901. The Lucas gusher is a spindletop that is gushing oil out of the top of it. On the ground surrounding the spindletop are several workers, two holding a large hose.
Date: 1901
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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