Birthplace of East Texas oil

Marion “Dad” Joiner was a wildcatter in 1930 and drilled for oil west of Henderson near a little place called Cyril. “He rented land from Daisy Bradford,” says oil historian Stephanie Osteen. “He drilled twice and missed his mark. Dry holes. He drilled in the third location and hit the largest strike in Texas at that time. It was the very start of the East Texas oil boom. Dad struck oil on…