TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A trip to the East Texas Oil Museum in Kilgore is a trip back in time to the 1930s oil boom. “Oil was everywhere here,” said Olivia Moore, museum director. At the time of ...

This story is featured in the September/October issue of ETX View Magazine. The legacy of the oil industry runs deep in East Texas and continues today. An unforgettable discovery of a large oil field ...

Gene Ames Jr. is a fourth generation oilman whose wildcatter grandfather drilled his first well in 1913 in Cushing, OK. “I really know the oil field,” said Ames, 83, whose grandchildren are now in the ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KLTV) - A bill that would require a study on pumping an East Texas aquifer has gained final approval in the Texas House. HB 27, authored by Rep. Cody Harris (R-Palestine) requires to ...