Museum
Barton Warnock Visitor Center
FM 170 one mile east of Lajitas, Terlingua Texas 79852(432) 424-3327
Open: Daily 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Rates Adults during peak times $5, adults during non-peak times $3, children 12 and under free.
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.