Old Carson Store

Historical marker location:

Rocksprings, Texas

( corner of Austin and Well Street; Rocksprings)

Marker installed: 1968

First stone store in town; built 1920-21 by G. M. Carson, merchant. His 1904 general store (on this site) was for years only establishment in county selling caskets. Present store withstood 1927 tornado that killed 72 here; is still owned by the Carson family. (1968).

markets, mercantiles

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.