The Pharr Riot

Historical marker location:

424 N. Cage Blvd, Pharr, Texas

( right-of-way on corner of N. Cage Blvd and E. Bell Ave. Next to the Ramos Hair Styling Center)

Marker installed: 2018

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.