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texas gold rush
lumbering
telephones
cottonseed
meatpacking
100
How long has the gold and silver been carried in Texas?
250 years
100
What are smash mills?
They consist of a single blade; held in a frame; powered by water, animals, or eventually steam.
100
When was the Telephone Post Office established?
December 27, 1886, with Calvin Kemmins as the postmaster.
100
Why is cottonseed considered a separate crop?
Its distinctive uses and economic purposes.
100
Where were the first important meat packing plants?
Victoria, Rock port, Fulton 
200
What was the most common method for digging gold? 
Panning because it was the least expensive and it worked well.
200
What did the Great Depression have to deal with Texas Lumbering? 
It was called the bonanza era.
200
What year did Alexander Bell receive a patent on the telephone?
1876
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What does cottonseed oil do?
They use it for shortening mayonnaise, salad oil, cooking oil, and margarine. 
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IN 1939 how many meat packing plants were there in Texas?
66
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What two cities are known to have a good amount of gold in Texas?
Pennington Creek and Llano River in Llano county.
300
What did the Texas Lumber Industry do for the economy? 
It was an important contributor.
300
What city got its first telephone line in the 1800s?
Blanco
300
What is cotton ginning?
The process of separating cotton fibers from their seeds.
300
in 1870 what was meat packing ranked in Texas?
second
400
Who explored the southwest in search for gold and other minerals?
The Spanish.
400
In 1982, what did the texas lumber and forrest industry do?
They were ranked top ten manufactures of the state.
400
What company operated 6 exchanges in El Paso County with 280,711 telephones?
Mountain Bell
400
Long before the civil war, farmers...
they used cottonseed as a fertilizer.
400
How much did Texas slaughters receive? 

More than 84 percent of their cattle from Texas suppliers in the South Texas Plains.

500
When did the presidio mine open? How long was it active for?
Opened in the 1800s. Active until 1942.
500
What did the generation after WW2 see?
A revelation in the Texas Lumber Industry.
500
What did telephone companies pay?
State and local taxes, and federal income taxes.
500
Who built the first cotton mill in Texas?

 Leonard Waller Groce

500
In pounds, what was the total red meat production in 1993?

4,148,904,000 pounds