Season 2 · Episode 20
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Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil
Tue, Jan 9, 1990
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, Jan 9, 1990
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