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Railroad and Oil industries revolutionize Texas.

Railroad and Oil industries revolutionize Texas. How will the connecting of the Contential Railroad affect this City?. El P aso Texas, 1886. Over 7000 lives were lost!!. Galveston is hit with a Category 5 Hurricane!. Galveston is devastated, and covered with water.

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Railroad and Oil industries revolutionize Texas.

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  1. Railroad and Oil industries revolutionize Texas.

  2. How will the connecting of the Contential Railroad affect this City? El Paso Texas, 1886

  3. Over 7000 lives were lost!! Galveston is hit with a Category 5 Hurricane!

  4. Galveston is devastated, and covered with water. • Galveston constructs the Seawall to prevent that kind of damage again. • If your wondering Hurricane Ike was a Category 4 Storm. 1900 Storm

  5. 1901 Anthony Lucas struck oil in Spindeltop. (Just outside of Beaumont). • Oil flowed well for 9 days and produced over 100,000 barrels a day. • Beaumont becomes a “Boomtown.” “Black Gold”

  6. Houston becomes the center of the oil industry in Texas. • In 1925 The Houston Ship Channel Opens connecting Houston to the Gulf of Mexico. • Demand for Oil skyrockets. • To create Derricks the Lumber business boom. • 500 new oil companies open, Texaco is one of them. Spindletop Effects on Texas then!

  7. Houston is still the center of the oil industry in Texas. • Houston is home to Exxon-Mobil, ( top ten Richest Companies in the world). • Oil is used for nearly everything, Automobiles, Trains, Restaurants, etc. • Population of Beaumont increased from 9000-50,000. Spindeltop Effects on Texas Today

  8. How did Oil lead to the Expansion of the Texas Frontier? Question for you!! Yes You!

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