Historical Marker
Charles Mason
Historical marker location:
Gonzales, Texas
( Masonic Cemetery, Water St., Gonzales)
Marker installed: 1962
Star and Wreath
A volunteer soldier who fought for Texas Independence at Gonzales and San Jacinto.
Erected by the State of Texas, 1962.
Texas has been a major oil-producing state for over a century. The first big oil discovery in Texas was the Spindletop field near Beaumont in 1901, which set off a massive oil boom that transformed the state's economy and made Texas one of the wealthiest states in the country.