Haymon Krupp, a Jewish Texan merchant and member of the Texas wildcatters, was born in Lithuania on March 14, 1874. Jewish Texans have been a part of the history of Texas since the first European Explorers arrived in the region in the 1500s. Texas wildcatters were notable individuals within the the history of the Petroleum industry in Texas. Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In 1890 he immigrated to El Paso, Texas, where he worked in a dry-goods store and soon opened his own men's clothing store. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He pioneered what is now El Paso's outdoor clothing industry with one of the first clothing factories in the Southwest. Krupp joined Frank Pickrell, also of El Paso, to buy a lease option to drill for oil on University of Texas lands in the Permian Basin. The Permian Basin is a Sedimentary basin largely contained in the western part of the U In 1919 Krupp and Pickrell organized the Texon Oil and Land Company (Texon, Texas), with Krupp as president and Pickrell as vice president. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Texon is a small unincorporated town in Reagan County, Texas, United States, in the western part of the state [1]