Santa Rita /
Santa Rita, patron saint of the Impossible, belied her name. Santa Rita, the University discovery oil well, blew in on May 28, 1923. The well marked a turning point for The University of Texas and started the institution in the oil business on a huge scale.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
Texas State Historical Association,
1943.
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| Summary: | Santa Rita, patron saint of the Impossible, belied her name. Santa Rita, the University discovery oil well, blew in on May 28, 1923. The well marked a turning point for The University of Texas and started the institution in the oil business on a huge scale. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Chapman Texas Collection copy is part of the Floyd & Louise Chapman Texas & Borderlands Collection. "Four hundred and forty copies printed for the Texas State Historical Association by Carl Hertzog at El Paso"--Preliminary page. The Cushing Library/Lowman Collection copy is signed by Tom Lea and inscribed to John Jacobs by Carl Hertzog, contains 6 newspaper clippings, and is a gift of John C. Jacobs. |
| Physical Description: | xix, 43 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |