Daisy Miller Bradford was a widow who owned and ran a large farm in Texas. On her farm, there was an important discovery of oil in 1930. The farm is in a town now called Joinerville. She had many items in a display case, including stock certificates and letters, and poetry written by a man named "Dad" Joiner. One of the letters was written in July 1929 and talked about the importance of having a vision and working towards bigger things, like finding oil.
There was also a man named Lloyd who had a career in chemistry, medicine, and geology. He became friends with "Dad" Joiner and they worked together to drill for oil in Oklahoma. Lloyd also formed his own oil corporation and conducted a geological study for the Mexican government. He was known for being a very skilled geologist and was even praised by H. L. Hunt, a famous independent oilman, who said that Lloyd was the greatest geologist that ever lived. Lloyd's great-grandson, Ross Lloyd Martella, also found oil on a lease that Lloyd had mapped over 75 years before, using Lloyd's maps of Washington County, Texas.
Eventually, Dad Joiner struck oil on Daisy's farm on October 3, 1930. The well came in at 6000 barrels of oil per day. One barrel is equal to 42 gallons.
Now head towards the lobby and click "Next" when you are at the geological oil traps on the wall.
