History of Spindle Top .
By; Alyssa Aguilar , Trevor Larimore , Isaac Garcia .
overview .
How did the discovery of oil at Spindle Top affect the Gladys City/ Beaumont area ?
The discovery of oil at Spindle Top in Beaumont area in 1901 was said it would change the oil industry forever, and it had a huge impact on the world. On January, 10 1901 Beaumont had an oil boom, oil blowing out in the air 50m, over 10,000 barrels of oil just in one day, it took 9 days to get the oil under control. The spindletop represented a turning point for Texas and the United States. All of this happening caused the state to be known as the Oil Boom. The United States soon became the world's leading oil producer. Beaumonts population of 10,000 soon tripled in just a couple of months and got up to 50,000. This led regular land prices to double in amount, and over 500 companies come to Texas.
When and where did Texas experience oil booms?
Mostly down in West Texas because that's where most of the oil was .
Where were other major oil discoveries made in Texas ?
The Gusher was one of the other major oil discoveries .
What kinds of products are made from petroleum?
Solvents
Diesel
fuel
Motor Oil
Bearing Grease
Ink
Floor Wax
Ballpoint Pens
Football Cleats
Upholstery
Sweaters
Boats
Insecticides
Bicycle Tires
Sports Car Bodies
Nail Polish
Fishing lures
Line Graph
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940
Amarillo- 2,783 15,736 20,835 53,151 61,450
Houston- 122,785 176,598 256,023 439,226 627,311
Wichita- 8,314 22,619 78,105 84,100 81,203
Beaumont- 25,193 60,657 104,482 12,426 178,586
TIMELINE
1901- first found out about oil
1910- more people started coming to Texas
1920- 10 times the amount of people started coming to Texas
1930- 15 times the amount started coming to Texas
1940- 30 times the amount of people came to Texas
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2000- Over 500 companies came to Texas
2010- oil started drying up
2012- people's buisnesses started closing
2013- people still have buisnesses but lots of them shut down.