John Veatch

John Allen Veatch (5 March 1808 – 24 April 1870),^[1] a surgeon, surveyor, and scientist, was known for his discovery of large deposits of borax at Tuscan Springs, California, on 8 January 1856.^{[citation needed]}

Veatch moved with his family to Texas in 1833, where he surveyed for the Mexican government.^{[citation needed]} He received two land grants in 1835, one located in what would become Beaumont, Texas, and another near the future Sour Lake, Texas.^{[citation needed]} After the Texas Revolution, where he served as a surgeon, Veatch moved to California, where he discovered borax in Lake County, California. Veatch eventually ended up in Oregon, where he taught at the Willamette University College of Medicine.^[2]

References

^ Veatch, John Allen, Texas State Historical Association
^ Linsley, Judith; Rienstrad, Ellen; Stiles, Jo (2002). Giant Under the Hill, A History of the Spindletop Oil Discovery at Beaumont, Texas in 1901. Austin: Texas State Historical Association. pp. 9–11. ISBN 9780876112366.