Historical Markers in
Terry County, Texas

A. M. Brownfield Home Brooks Blacksmith Shop Brownfield Cemetery Brownfield Municipal Power Plant City of Brownfield Colonel B. F. Terry and Terry's Texas Rangers First Baptist Church of Brownfield Forrester Cemetery Gomez Gomez Baptist Church Gomez Cemetery M. B. Sawyer Ranch House Maids and Matrons Club Meadow Cemetery Meadow Depot Meadow United Methodist Church Old Daugherty House Route of Nolan Expedition Site of Joe T. and Laura Hamilton Home Site of Mail Relay Station Terry County Terry County's First Jail The Oak Grove Tokio School
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.
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