Historical Marker
Acequia de Arriba
Historical marker location:
West of Allison Street, San Antonio, Texas
( west of Allison Street in Brackenridge Park, north of the Upper Labor Irrigation Ditch)
Marker installed: 2012
The discovery of oil in 1901 near Beaumont, Texas, sparked an oil boom that transformed the state's economy and led to the rise of the modern petroleum industry.