In 1918, oil transformed a Texas farming hamlet from 340 people to 16,000 almost overnight; four years later, the boom was over

A small Texas farming community known for growing peanuts changed rapidly after oil was discovered in September 1918. Workers, drilling companies and speculators rushed into Desdemona, turning the quiet settlement into a crowded oil boomtown.

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