Oil and Texas: A Cultural History

Petroleum and Texas: Cultural history "Immediately 4 inch drill pipes were sprayed in the sky ... After the mud, water, pipes were blown away, gas continued, but only a short time we are safe So we adventured our mad fight and we found something terrible ... we started dodging the soil - no warning and a lot of mud was shot from a big well Report of the cannon ... In a very short time the oil rose from above Derrick and the rocks were hit in the air hundreds of feet.

In 1900, Texas suffered the most deadly natural disaster in American history during the hurricane in Galveston. On January 10, 1901, the first major oil well in Texas, spindle was found in the south of Beaumont. Other areas were later discovered in East Texas, West Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. The resulting "oil boom" changed Texas. The final oil production in 1972 was an average of 3 million barrels per day. In 1901, the Legislature led by the Democratic Party passed a bill seeking payment of voting taxes. And it actually took away most blacks and many poor white and Hispanic rights. In addition, Congress established a white primary election to ensure that minorities are eliminated from the formal political process. The number of voters declined sharply and the Democratic Party reduced the competition between Republicans and populists.

In the late nineteenth century, cotton cultivation and beef cultivation became popular in Texas. Then in 1894, oil was discovered in Corsicana. In 1901, spindle top oil was attacked. The oil industry in Texas then prospered. East Texas oilfield was discovered in 1930. At the same time, by 1900, the population of Texas increased to more than 3 million people. In 1950, it exceeded 7.7 million people and continued rapid growth. However, Texas suffered during the recession of the 1930s, like the rest of the world. Texas farmers are hit hardest. However, with the advent of World War II, Texas flourished again. It kept prospering in the 1950s and 1960s. However, on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

On the morning of 10th January 1901, an experienced mining engineer, Anthony F. Lucas, drilled the first major well in Spindletop, a southern hill of Beaumont, Texas. Established on October 5, 1930, the East Texas Oilfield is located in the eastern and central parts of the state and is the largest and most productive reservoir adjacent to the United States. Other areas were later discovered in West Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. The resulting Texas oil boom permanently changed the Texas economy and brought the most important economic expansion after the civil war.