Black Gold
Oil was discovered in Texas in this year.
When is 1901?
The number of gallons of oil that Spindletop produced in 1902.
What is 17 million?
This town experienced a large increase in population because of Spindletop.
What is Beaumont?
Gasoline, an oil product, fueled this new and popular mode of transportation.
What are cars?
Gas deposits are often found in the same area as this
What is oil?
The place where oil was first discovered.
Where is Spindletop?
Spindeltop spurred or pushed this in Texas.
What is urbanization?
A factory that cleans and processes oil into products.
What is an oil refinery?
Besides cars, these LARGE forms of transportation took advantage of cheap oil.
What were railroads and ships?
Heat and this changed the remains of plants and animals into natural gas.
What is pressure?
The state that became the leading oil producer.
What is Texas?
Major oil fields developed around Spindletop include Batson, Sour Lake, and this town.
What is Humble?
Products produced by refineries include kerosene and this.
What is gasoline?
The first roads were paved using this.
What is petroleum?
The year the first gas well was drilled in Texas.
When is 1907?
Spindletop was once one of these.
What is a salt dome?
Wichita Falls, Brownwood, and this town were places that drillers found oil between 1902 and 1910.
What is Petrolia?
Many refineries were built here in order to ship oil to countries all over the world.
Where is the Gulf Coast?
On farms, mules and horses were replaced by this.
What are tractors?
This town owes its large population to the natural gas boom.
What is Amirillo?
He discovered oil at Spindletop.
Who is Patillo Higgins?
He was Patillo Higgins partner at Spindletop.
Who was Captain Anthony Lucas?
This piece of equipment is critical to the movement of oil from wells to refineries.
What is a pipeline?
This medicine, placed on chapped lips to help heal them, is made from oil.
What is lip balm?
This company, ran by, Edwy Brown was responsible for supplying clean burning fuel to Dallas and Fort Worth.
What is Lone Star Gas?