Historical Marker
Rafael Rios No. 1
Historical marker location:
Stairtown, Texas
( Intersection of Highway 80 and Farm Road 671, northeast corner)
Marker installed: 1970
(Located 0.8 Mi.N, on Farm Road 671)
Discovery well of Luling Field, a major Texas oil area. Wildcatter E.B. Davis drilled on land owned by R. Rios. Well came in Aug. 10, 1922, after 3 dry holes had been drilled in same area. Magnolia (now Mobil) Oil Co. bought filed 1926. By 1969, production was 135,000,000 barrels.
Incise on back:
Donated by Mobil Oil Corporation.