Museum
Bell County Museum
201 N Main Street, Belton Texas 76513(254) 933-5243
Open: 12:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., Tuesday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Saturday. Admission is free.
Accessible facilities.
Established: 1988
Texas has been a major oil-producing state for over a century. The first big oil discovery in Texas was the Spindletop field near Beaumont in 1901, which set off a massive oil boom that transformed the state's economy and made Texas one of the wealthiest states in the country.