St. Joseph's Cemetery

Historical marker location:

6510 FM 482, New Braunfels, Texas

( approximately 7 miles southwest of downtown New Braunfels on FM 482, one hundred yards south of Bunker Street)

Marker installed: 2012

HTC Medallion only.

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.