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May 13, 2022
Today in Texas History
By Bandera Spirits of Texas
On this day in 1935 the first major gusher blew in at the Seven Sisters oilfield. Thus began the town of Seven Sisters in northern Duval County.
Prospectors struck oil again two years later, and the community had a post office by 1940 and the name Seven Sisters—translated from the Spanish Siete Hermanas.
Prospectors struck oil again two years later, and the community had a post office by 1940 and the name Seven Sisters—translated from the Spanish Siete Hermanas.