Season 2 · Episode 5 of 19
Aired Oct 31, 1989
Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil
Tue, Oct 31, 1989
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56 min
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The tale of mavericks whose risk-taking, sweat and dreams changed an American industry. Starting with Spindletop, the first Texas gusher in 1902, rare archival film and interviews with pioneering oilmen are set against a contemporary story of a modern "wildcatter," gambling to find his fortune in yet another narrow hole in the Texas earth.
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Tue, Oct 31, 1989
56 min
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American Experience
416 episodes
Episode
S2 · E5
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