Entries Containing All of the Phrases «gaines county» AND «texas»

By Bill Kirchner, October 25, 2012

Gaines County Marker

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1 ► Texas, Gaines County, Seminole — 2095 — Gaines County —

Created August 21, 1876 Organized October 24, 1905 Named for James Gaines Born in Virginia in 1779 Established a ferry across the Sabine River in 1819 A signer of the Declaration of Independence Member of the Congress of . . . — — Map (db m61422) HM

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2 ► Texas, Gaines County, Seminole — 2094 — Gaines County —

Named for James L. Gaines, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, this county was formed out of Bexar County in 1876. Anglo settlement of the area began about 1895, and the county was formally organized in 1905. Seminole was established . . . — — Map (db m290379) HM

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3 ► Texas, Gaines County, Seminole — 3683 — Oil Industry in Gaines County —

The first oil lease in Gaines County was in 1912 and the first drilling occurred in 1925. Ten years later the Landreth Co. brought in the first producing well. In 1936 Amerada Oil Co. opened up the Seminole Pool, a major field that yielded 350 . . . — — Map (db m300585) HM

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