A drunken brawl at an Austin hotel changed the course of the oil industry forever

Oilmen against limits on oil production attacked a state representative at the Stephen F. Austin hotel in 1933. The attack would influence senators voting on the Railroad Commission’s authority.—

A drunken brawl at an Austin hotel changed the course of the oil industry foreverOilmen against limits on oil production attacked a state representative at the Stephen F. Austin hotel in 1933. The attack would influence senators voting on the Railroad Commission’s authority.