Historical Marker
First Court Tree
Historical marker location:
Junction, Texas
( on private property north of Junction via US 377 and private railroad)
Marker installed: 1971
Site of 1876 hearing presided over by Judge W. A. Blackburn, with Texas Rangers on guard and the accused chained to tree.
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.