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George W. Carroll: Southern Capitalist and Dedicated Beaumont Baptist
George W Carroll Southern Capitalist and Dedicated Beaumont Baptist Author:Terry Lee Rioux George Washington Carroll (April 11, 1855-December 14, 1935), of Beaumont, Texas, was a Southern capitalist at the turn of the twentieth century. He was a partner in the great lumbering enterprise that brought Texas out of the depression of Reconstruction and into the industrial era. Carroll was president of the Gladys City Oil & Gas Manufacturi... more »ng Company, the corporation behind the Spindletop oil boom of 1901, the seminal event at the dawn of the liquid fuel age. After 1901, Carroll came to believe wholly in applied Christianity and his life thereafter testified to the sincerity of that belief. He was a temperance leader, political reformer, Baptist philanthropist, candidate for vice president of the United States, cofounder of the Texas Anti-Saloon League, and president emeritus and ultimately resident of the Young Men's Christian Association in Beaumont, Texas. 6 by 9, 200 pages, photos, endnotes, index, paperback, ISBN 157168-532-4« less