The 1900s drove to create 15,000 oil companies when the first discovery of oil was found in texas.There were a lot of good things that happened because of this discovery of oil. Like work with higher pay for everyone if you knew where to look,better football teams, and growing universities.There where bad things that came from the discovery as well, such as, the divorce rate in Ector texas where oil was discovered, was 23 times the amount of the national average.Oil was a way of the future with entrepreneurs popping up all over the u.s.The Discovery of oil shaped the future of texas forever. The first discovery of oil was at spindletop, january 10th 1901.This caused a sudden increase in jobs but people would also leave their jobs for better
