This enterprising businessman financed the first oil well in Oil Springs, Texas, in 1866.
Who is Lyne T. Barrett.
100
The completion of this project in 1914 made Houston one of the USA's most important port cities.
What is the Houston Ship Channel.
100
Immigrants from this European nation formed some of the most prosperous settlements in Texas, from Republican times down to the beginning of the Great War.
What is Germany.
100
By this year, only 50% of white farmers and 25% of black farmers owned their land.
What is 1930.
100
A six mile sea wall was built in this Texas city after a hurricane in 1900 killed over 6000 of its inhabitants.
What is Galveston.
200
In what year did Europeans first put Texas oil to use, as a sealant for the boats of the De Soto expedition?
What is the year 1543.
200
The development of railways turned this South Texas garrison town into a transportation hub.
What is San Antonio.
200
This Mexican dictator's brutality caused many Mexicans to seek refuge in Texas, before the revolution of 1910 put an end to his misrule.
Who is Porfirio Diaz.
200
This cash crop, famous as 'King' before the War between the States, continued to be Texas most important agricultural product.
What is cotton.
200
The Terrell Election Law of 1905 introduced this reform to the election process.
What is the primary election.
300
The discovery of oil at this town in Navarro County, Texas, in 1870, is said to have launched the 'Age of Oil'.
What is Corsicana.
300
The Neiman Marcus Company, afterwards famous for fashion and merchandising, opened in this North Texas town in 1907.
What is Dallas.
300
During segregation, African-Americans formed independent chapters of this famous secret (oxymoron) society.
What are the Freemasons.
300
The 1920s saw this motorized vehicle replace the mule as a tractive force on Texas farms.
What is the tractor.
300
The Texas Forest Service, a state agency dedicated to the preservation of Texas forests, was created in this year.
What is 1915.
400
Howard Hughes Sr. (father of the famous aviator and filmmaker) made his fortune when he patented what invention, specially developed for the Texas oil fields, in 1908?
What is an improved rotary drill bit.
400
The population of this West Texas town grew by over 500 percent in the first 20 years of the 20th century.
What is El Paso.
400
Immigrants from Bohemia and Moravia, know collectively as ______ began farming in South Texas in the early 20th century.
What are Czechs.
400
This region of East Texas was and is famous for its rice crop.
What is the Coastal Plain.
400
This Texas teacher became the first woman elected to state office in 1918.
Who is Annie Webb Blanton.
500
This East Texas town achieved its current importance when the 'Spindletop Gusher was discovered on a nearby hill-top in 1901.
What is Beaumont.
500
This Central Texas town was notable for its lack of industry in the 20th century, wielding power rather than wealth, slowing its population growth.
What is Austin.
500
This group of immigrants, once known as Tejanos, made up 10 percent of Texas' population by 1920.
What are Mexican Americans.
500
This crop, known as maize or mealies in other parts of the world, is second only to cotton as a staple crop in East Texas.
What is corn?
500
This Texas law anticipated the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution by one year, passing in spite of protests from the brewing industry and those anxious to preserve local liberties.