Historical Markers in
Brooks County, Texas

Brooks County Brooks County Courthouse Brooks County's Catholic Heritage Don Pedro Jaramillo El Encino del Poso (The Oak in the Hole) Falfurrias Falfurrias to Encino Road First United Methodist Church of Falfurrias James Abijah Brooks Site of Los Olmos Town of Flowella

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.

~ Texas random facts