Historical Marker
Jethro Russell Bancroft
Historical marker location:
1217 W. Dallas Ave., Houston, Texas
( Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave.)
Marker installed: 1936
Came to Texas in 1830. Served in Captain Thomas H. McIntire's company at San Jacinto. Died January 7, 1848.
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.