Goldsmith, TX, United States
Goldsmith. Opened as oil field June 14, 1935, with flow of 1140 barrels of crude oil daily from discovery well. Within a month, shacks and tents housed 350 people. Harry L. Tucker in May 1937 platted town of Ector City. Name later changed to honer C. A. Goldsmith, owner of the land. In 2 years, Gold
smith had a cafes, taverns, hotels, motels, shops and newspaper. First residents paid 25 cents at only bath in town--a shower sprayed form an overhead tank. Now a gas processing and distribution cente
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