Oil was needed in large quantities to support the war effort and East Texas could produce it.
And East Texas was expected to be declared a federal disaster area.
It is one of the oldest settlements in East Texas.
East Texas is supposed to be the most politically conservative place on the planet.
He made enough profit to make a good start toward growing a crop of his own in East Texas.
They were living in East Texas, where he comes from.
The contract allowed him to settle 800 families in East Texas.
Now four years later he's returned to East Texas & the family is moving to another house.
There are a few professional sports teams in East Texas.
He had been only sixteen, spending a summer in the hot sun of East Texas.