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http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/business/history-oil-discoveries-texasIn 1867, in the same area, Amory (Emory) Starr and Peyton F. Edwards brought in a well at Oil Springs.
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http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/business/history-oil-discoveries-texas Other oil was found in crudely dug wells in Bexar County in 1889 and in Hardin County in 1893.
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https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/doogz
Texas legislature passed its first regulatory statute for oil in 1899 -
