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How an oilfield con artist helped turn Texas into the energy capital of America

It took a man actively trying not to find oil to make the biggest oil discovery in U.S. history.—

Kilgore College East Texas Oil Museum

Doc Lloyd, Daisy Bradford and Columbus Marion “Dad” Joiner pose for a photo. In 1930, Joiner uncovered the biggest oil field in U.S. history on Bradford’s property in East Texas.