McCleskey Park
1313 South Commerce St
Erected in 1994 by The Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 4817) This location houses some retired oil field equipment.
J. H. McCleskey Well No. 1 sparked the much-heralded, wild, and prolific Ranger oil boom that gained Ranger international fame as the town whose oil wiped out critical oil shortages during World War I, allowing the allies to "float to victory on a wave of oil."
Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995
J. H. McCleskey Well No. 1 sparked the much-heralded, wild, and prolific Ranger oil boom that gained Ranger international fame as the town whose oil wiped out critical oil shortages during World War I, allowing the allies to "float to victory on a wave of oil."
Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995
