Spindletop is the name of the hill where the first Texas oil gusher was located and Gladys City was the town for the oil workers and their families that grew beside it. The original well and the town are long gone but this small re-creation has been built on the campus of Lamar University. There’s a short movie and informative sign boards that explain this short lived oil boom very well.
There are several accessibility problems. The door to the gift shop/admissions building is very heavy. The town has boardwalks joining all of the buildings. The boardwalks are in good condition but the thresholds on all of the buildings have steep little ramps and the doors are spring loaded making it difficult to enter the buildings.
The parking lot while not large is still big enough for any size RV. Spindletop
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