Santa Rita No. 1

Santa Rita No. 1 was the first producing oil well on Permanent University Fund land. On Monday morning, May 28, 1923, it blew in and launched a new era in the development of the University of Texas and the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Located on the Ollie Parker Ranch in Reagan County, the well was named by its drillers for Santa Rita, the Saint of the Impossible, because popular opinion held that there was no chance of success in this location.

Austin, Texas · United States