Somewhere around 1910, a self-taught geologist named Patillo Higgins lost almost everything betting on oil near Beaumont, ...
Michelle Cate gently handles a ceramic mug that once belonged to Pattillo Higgins, one of the men behind the discovery of oil at Spindletop’s Lucas Gusher in 1901. It is a modest object but has close ...
"Spindletop: The Beginning" is a period piece short film about the "The Prophet of Spindletop," Pattillo Higgins, and his mischievous antics as a young teenager. Spindletop refers to the 1901 oil ...