THE LEGACY OF THE PERMIAN BASIN BEGINS

摘要

More than a dozen teams of horses stood at the ready to haul wagonloads of lumber from the Texas & Pacific railroad depot at Colorado City,Texas.The workers posed for a photo while standing atop the loads destined for a Mitchell County lease on railroad land.At the end of the 17-mile journey the lumber became a drilling derrick,and in June 1920,the site became the first commercial discovery well in the Permian Basin.