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| Postcards
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"The
Four Lane Highway U.S. 80 Showing Oil Wells
Gladewater,
Texas" 1940 |
"Bird's-eye
view of oil wells and part of business section.
Gladewater,
Texas" |
"On
April 7, 1931, the first Gladewater oil well blew in. It was located one mile
outside town in the Sabine River bottom. Oil production led to a population increase
during the 1930s from about 500 persons to around 8,000. In 1940, after the oil
boom, Gladewater had a population of 4,454. ... Between 1940 and 1960 the population
grew to 5,742. ... During the 1970s Gladewater moved from an oil-oriented to a
more diversified economy, primarily because of depletion of oil resources in the
area." - Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/hfg5.html |
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