Historical Marker
Old Bayview Cemetery
Historical marker location:
Corpus Christi, Texas
( Waco and Ramirez Streets, Corpus Christi)
Marker installed: 2002
Established 1845 Historic Texas Cemetery-2002.
The first oil well in the United States was drilled in Texas in 1859. The discovery of oil transformed the economy of the state and helped to make Texas one of the wealthiest states in the nation.