Dallas Petroleum Club History
Founded in 1934, the Dallas Petroleum Club witnessed the city becoming a financial center for the Texas petroleum industry.
The Dallas Petroleum Club in 2014 celebrated its 80th anniversary, according to Nina P. Flournoy, who wrote a book about the milestone.
Dallas-based Flournoy’s The Lions Among Us: Celebrating 80 Years of The Dallas Petroleum Club describes how the club grew out of 1930s East Texas discoveries that ignited the Texas oil and natural gas industry. Founded in 1934, the club witnessed the city becoming a financial center for the Texas industry.
The club was organized just four years after Columbus Marion “Dad” Joiner had discovered the East Texas oilfield near Kilgore, about 120 miles to the east. Learn more about Joiner, “Doc ” Lloyd and Haroldson Lafayette Hunt in East Texas Oilfield Discovery. (more…)
