Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum is 5 mi. s. on US 69 to University Dr. on the campus of Lamar University. An oil-field boomtown has been re-created at the museum, which features 16 buildings and equipment of the era that led to the liquid-fuel age. Gladys City history also is chronicled in a video.
Time: Allow 1 hour minimum.
$5; $3 (ages 60+); $2 (ages 6-12); free (ages 0-5 and active military with ID).
Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10-5, Sun. 1-5. Last admission 40 minutes before closing. Closed Jan. 1, Easter, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas.