Ranger, TX, United States
First Oil Well Drilled in Eastland County. The J.H. McCleskey No. 1 Discovery Well of the Ranger Pool was drilled by Warren Wagner under the supervision of W.K. Gordon of the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, July 2-October 27, 1917. Initial production was 1600 barrels with three million feet of g
as. Abandoned May 30, 1930 after producing 275,000 barrels of oil. #1804
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