American Experience
Season 2, Episode 5: Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil
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The tale of mavericks whose risk-taking, sweat and dreams changed an American industry. Starting with Spindletop, the first Texas gusher in 1902, rare archival film and interviews with pioneering oilmen are set against a contemporary story of a modern "wildcatter," gambling to find his fortune in yet another narrow hole in the Texas earth.
All Episodes - Season 2
Episode 1
The Great Air Race of 1924
Episode 2
Demon Rum
Episode 3
A Family Gathering
Episode 4
The Great War: 1918
Episode 5
Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil
Episode 6
Forever Baseball
Episode 7
Mr. Sears' Catalogue
Episode 8
Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
Episode 9
Adam Clayton Powell
Episode 10
Journey to America
Episode 11
Ballad of a Mountain Man
Episode 12
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Episode 13
Orphans of the Storm
Episode 14
Forbidden City, USA
Episode 15
Battle for Wilderness
Episode 16
Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad