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Gusher blasts off school year with a splash

People watching the Gusher as it goes off outside the Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Aug. 22. UP Photo by Carlos Viloria

People watching the Gusher as it goes off outside the Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Aug. 22. UP Photo by Carlos Viloria

The Spindletop Gladys-City Boomtown Museum held a First Day of School welcoming event, Aug. 22. 

Students and members of the community got to explore the historical buildings, view a blacksmithing demonstration and watch the gusher go off at sunset.

For more information on future events, visit lamar.edu/spindletop.

Matt Horn showing a kid how the Forge works at the Southern Carriage Workshop in the Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Aug. 22. UP Photo by Carlos Viloria
Matt Horn showing a kid how the Forge works at the Southern Carriage Workshop in the Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Aug. 22. UP Photo by Carlos Viloria
Blacksmith tools next to the fire heating up at the Southern Carriage Workshop in the Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Aug. 22. UP Photo by Carlos Viloria

Blacksmith tools next to the fire heating up at the Southern Carriage Workshop in the Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Aug. 22. UP Photo by Carlos Viloria

Joseph Wellman blacksmithing a leaf at the Southern Carriage Workshop in the Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Aug. 22. UP Photo by Carlos Viloria

Joseph Wellman blacksmithing a leaf at the Southern Carriage Workshop in the Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Aug. 22. UP Photo by Carlos Viloria

 

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