Columbus Marion 'Dad' Joiner — the aging wildcatter who in 1930 discovered the East Texas oil field, the largest oil discovery in US history at the time — and who was swindled out of most of his fortune by H.L. Hunt.
Discovered the East Texas oil field through stubborn drilling despite expert skepticism — the geological surveys all said there was no oil there — demonstrating the wildcatter's defining characteristic: willingness to bet everything on a geological conviction against institutional expert opinion.
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