C. M. Joiner
American businessman
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discovery of East Texas oil field
- In Dallas: History
(“Dad”) Joiner discovered the great East Texas oil field, which attracted investment and made the city a major centre of the petroleum industry. Dallas’s Central Centennial Exposition (1936), the state’s official observance of the Texas revolution centennial, was a boon to the city’s Depression-era economy, and…
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