Editing Spindletop (section)

==Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum==
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[[File:A replica of the Lucas Spindletop Gusher.jpg|thumb|A replica of the Lucas Spindletop Gusher that gushes water on occasion]]
In 1976, [[Lamar University]] dedicated the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum to preserve the history of the Spindletop oil gusher era in Beaumont. The museum features an oil derrick and many reconstructed Gladys City building interiors furnished with authentic artifacts from the Spindletop boomtown period.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lamar.edu/spindletop-gladys-city/index.html|title=Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum|website=Lamar.edu}}</ref>

The Lucas Gusher Monument is located at the museum. The monument, erected at the wellhead in July, 1941, was moved to the Spindletop-Gladys City Museum after it became unstable due to ground subsidence.  According to an article by Nedra Foster, LS in the July/August, 2000 issue of the ''Professional Surveyor Magazine,'' the monument was originally located within 4&nbsp;ft of the site of the Spindletop well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xyht.com/category/magazine/|title=Magazine Archives|website=xyHt|date=September 2024 }}</ref>

Today, the wellhead is marked at Spindletop Park by a flagpole flying the Texas flag. It is located about 1.5 miles south of the museum, off West Port Arthur Road/Spur 93.  The site includes a viewing platform with information placards, about a quarter-mile from the flagpole. The wellhead site is in the middle of swampland on private land and is not accessible.  Directions to the park and viewing platform are available at the museum.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}