The resulting Lakeview Gusher was the longest-lasting and most productive oil gusher in U.S. history. In 1901 the oil gusher at Spindletop launched the Texas Oil Boom. The first gusher erupted on January 16, 1862, when struck oil at . In 1901 the Texas Oil Boom began with the gusher at Spindletop. Fellows developed as an oil boomtown after the 1909 discovery of the Midway Gusher. Our climax will have the gusher flooded by a break in a huge dam. Bard produced California's first oil gusher in 1867. It ended up being a "gusher" and was producing 2,500 barrels of oil a day. The ensuing gusher sent the area into a frenzy. The 1910 Lakeview Gusher was the largest recorded oil strike in U.S. history. The museum commemorates the 1901 discovery of oil by the Lucas Gusher in Beaumont. The "Lucas Gusher," also called the "Lucas Spindletop Gusher," produced around of oil a day. The Lucas gusher itself was short-lived; production fell to 10,000 barrels per day by 1904. The reconstruction of Gladys City was a Bicentennial project of the Lucas Gusher Monument Commission.