Kilgore, Texas
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Kilgore is a city in Gregg and Rusk counties in Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 13,376. It is located where Interstate 20 and US 259 converge south of the Sabine River.
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Old Main at Kilgore College IMG 5916
St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Kilgore, TX IMG 5921
Kilgore's downtown in 1930
East Texas Oil Field
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The East Texas Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in east Texas. Covering 140,000 acres and parts of five counties, and having 30,340 historic and active oil wells, it is the second-largest oil fi
Kilgore, Texas
…Columbus M. "Dad" Joiner struck oil near the neighboring town of Henderson. The well known as the Daisy Bradford #3, marked the discovery of the vast East Texas Oil Field. Kilgore rapidly transformed from a small farming town on the decline into a bustling boomtown. The Daisy Bradford #3 was subsequently followed by the…
Oil Field Scene, East Texas c. 1930
A depiction of a muddy Main Street at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, Texas