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Spindletop/Gladys City Boomtown

City: Beaumont | Region: Gulf Coast

This museum represents Gladys City Boomtown with typical clapboard buildings of the era, including information center, post office, photo studio, saloon, livery stable, blacksmith shop, surveyor's office, and wooden oil derricks. Lucas Gusher Monument commemorates beginning of the world's modern petroleum industry that literally blew in at 10 a.m. on Jan. 10, 1901, with the gusher drilled by Anthony F. Lucas. Currently recovering from damage caused by Hurricane Rita, so please call before visiting. Admission fee.

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Hours Open: Tues. - Sat. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sun. 1 - 5 p.m.
Address: 5550 University Dr
Zip Code: 77710
Telephone #: 409/835-0823
Web Page: www.spindletop.org