We're in Texas now and plan to travel around the state until after Christmas. Right now we're in East Texas. The town was the site of a major oil boom in 1930. There used to be thousands of oil wells in the area. The town is proud of oil and even Halliburton. Oil wells still can be seen everywhere. I even saw one beside Chili's Restaurant in town. We went to an oil museum. While some of it was good, it started weird. They showed 2 movies as propaganda to tell us how important oil is to our life. Environmentalists were bad names in the museum. I don't know about you, but I go to museums to learn, not be brainwashed. Luckily there were some educational displays too.
We also stopped at another cemetery (yes, another). This one was for only slaves, former slaves, or other blacks in the area. It's strange to think there were white and black cemeteries just like there were separate water fountains. The white crosses at the top of the picture were unnamed slaves.
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