The Signal Hill oil discovered in 1921 became the black gold of Southern California.

Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company drilled Alamitos Well #1 and found the gusher.

Alamitos Well #1 found one of the richest oil fields in the world.

The Long Beach oilfield produced over 1 billion barrels of oil by 1984.

Started on March 23,1921, it flowed 590 barrels of oil a day when it was completed June 25, 1921, at a depth of 3,114 feet.