2011 Land Report 100: D.M. O’Connor Heirs

No. 15 D.M. O’Connor Heirs

500,000 acres

Dennis Martin O’Connor was reportedly disappointed to strike oil instead of water when he and his father began drilling artesian wells to water their cattle. Eventually, the Tom O’Connor Field (named for D.M.’s father, the original Texas Cattle King) became one of the world’s most productive oil fields. Today, D.M.’s descendants share ownership of the family’s ranches in South Texas.

 

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