Spindletop 100th Birthday Celebrations Planned for The Big Day
The Spindletop 2001 Commission plans a Jan 10 centennial celebration at the Spindletop Gladys City Museum on Lamar University campus Beaumont with a 120 foot replica gusher, re enactments, tribute to the Lucas gusher and a performance by Tracy Byrd as dignitaries including George H W Bush attend.
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Spindletop 2001 Festival to Feature Re-enactments and Activities
The Spindletop 2001 celebration includes gusher re-enactments at 10 32 a m and 3 03 p m with activities ending at 3 30 p m Free shuttle service runs from parking to the celebration area Angela Baker of Friends of Spindletop says the event offers drama music history storytelling art memorabilia and crafts The festival marks two years of planning by the Spindletop 2001 Commission and Lamar University involvement and includes a children's boom town with hands on crafts rides on a Wells Fargo stagecoach and a fire truck tram.
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