79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 111 Page: 2 of 4
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H.C.R. No. 111
1 campus; the choice was a fitting one, for the town of Kilgore had
2 served as the center of the East Texas oil boom; construction of the
3 facility was financed by the Hunt-owned Placid Oil Company, which
4 also created an endowment to support the museum's operation; and
5 WHEREAS, On October 3, 1980, the Honorable William P.
6 Clements, Jr., governor of Texas, officially dedicated the
7 multimillion-dollar facility as Margaret and Al Hill and other Hunt
8 family members looked on, joined by dozens of individuals from the
9 oil industry and thousands of citizens from throughout the region;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, The spectacular museum quickly became a cornerstone
12 of tourism in East Texas, and it hosted its one-millionth visitor in
13 1987; the museum has also garnered numerous accolades, and on
14 October 3, 1986, the Texas Historical Commission presented the
15 prestigious Texas Award for Historic Preservation to Placid Oil
16 Company for making the facility possible; and
17 WHEREAS, Over the years, the East Texas Oil Museum has drawn
18 the attention of individuals from around the world who are
19 interested in building an oil museum in their own cities; moreover,
20 the East Texas Oil Museum staff and Docents Guild take great pride
21 in the institution's role as a teaching facility; each year it hosts
22 some 10,000 schoolchildren from across the region, in addition to
23 numerous college and university classes; and
24 WHEREAS, Museum staff have also worked with movie makers and
25 individuals from public television in the production of such
26 documentary films as The Wildcatters, The Prize, and Suicide
27 Mission, as well as with Clint Eastwood's company in the making of
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 111, legislative document, May 27, 2005; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth157270/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.