World's Richest Acre — Attraction in Kilgore

Nice view into the history of the East Texas oil boom. When most people think of oil and Texas, they think of the deserts of West Texas, but the Richest Acre Park shows the prevalent abundance of oil found in the Kilgore area. Before oil was found here the population was slowly dwindling. The Richest Acre marks the spot where there most oil derricks in one acre were placed. The park was created to bring back the Kilgore skyline at the height of the boom. No trip to Kilgore would be complete without a visit...

Kind of a site to see!!! Hard to imagine so many oil wells squeezed on to one acre during the Kilgore Oil boom. One was even drilled through the Terrazo floor of a local pharmacy I believe it was. The pharmacy is no...

We found it unique and interesting. We ate a picnic lunch at one of the tables under the derricks. The history on the memorial donations of derricks was fun to read, also. Old downtown was quaint, clean,...