Amanda History Oil By rmulli1 Nov 28, 1866 Lyne T. Barret drilled Texas' first producing oil well http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/business/oil-and-texas-cultural-history Jun 1, 1901 John Galey returned to Beaumont, Texas to survey the area. http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/history/spindletop/spindletop.html Aug 5, 1901 The Santa Rita continued to produce oil until it was finally plugged http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/business/oil-and-texas-cultural-history Jun 16, 1912 Oil was found west of Burkburnett in Wichita County http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/business/oil-and-texas-cultural-history Sep 18, 1936 oil was discovered west of Lubbock in the Duggan Field in Cochran County. http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/business/history-oil-discoveries-texas