Historic Photos of Texas Oil by mike cox
$40 | Turner Publishing Co.
Author and historian Mike Cox of Austin chronicles the major discoveries of black gold in Texas between 1880 and the 1960s through two hundred black and white vintage photographs. Trivia: John Wayne’s character in the 1968 movie Hellfighter was a composite based on the lives of Ward A. “Tex” Thornton and “Red” Adair.