Spindletop

Patillo Higgins is most known for his discovery of oil at Spindletop, which was located in Beaumont Texas. Overall, Higgins had speculated for some time that there could be oil in that region and although he was not sure, he believed it was probable that the area of Spindletop held huge amounts of oil or as they call it black gold. Men like Lucas, a mining engineer, believed Higgins was on to something and decided to join him on the journey to drill for oil at Spindletop, but problems arose for Higgins. There were not enough funds to adequately support the drilling of oil in that area, but quickly other men such as Guffey, Galey, and the Hammill brothers joined in on the Higgins expedition. On January 10, 1901 Higgins belief that oil could…

Report on “The Murder of William Marsh Rice” and The Spindletop Oil Gusher The purpose of this report is twofold: to discuss the novel “The Murder of William Marsh Rice,” by Paul Spellman and to discuss the Spindletop Oil Gusher, one of the significant Texas history events that serves as the backdrop for the story. The book is a fascinating combination of fiction and history. Though the main character and others are fictitious, the events that happen around them—the Great Galveston Hurricane,…

We use oil in many ways, but the way we use it has changed over time. At the moment, we use it for the gasoline in our cars, fire, plastic, and much more. But what about before cars were made? Before wonderful inventions like Saran Wrap or Ziploc Baggies? What about then? What did we use oil for? And how did we survive without such things? Oil, that’s how. However, the way we use oil has changed over time. Before the year 1890, oil was used for our roads, architectural adhesives, ship caulks,…

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…

the water. The first American oil company, The Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company, was created after the invention of the kerosene lamp in the eighteen fifties. John D. ROckefeller recognized the potential for growth within the oil industry and became a leading figure in the oil industry after his creation of The United State’s first major oil company, The Standard Oil Company. Edward L. Doheny located Los Angeles’s first well in 1892 and oil companies quickly began to establish in the area. WIthin a…

The oil boom helped Texas and the United States in general, whether it was helping the economy, helping small towns become boom towns and many other ways. There were many key factors to this period that gave our country an economical advantage. Such as the wildcatters who worked at oil rigs, Spindletop, one of the biggest oil findings ever, and oil rigs which were machines that dug up oil. The oil boom in Texas, much like the creation of trains, completely shaped our nation's history forever.…

In 1901 the world was changed by a hill, that hill was called Spindletop. Oil was found in Texas that day, which caused many big social changes. Social changes like community pride, new job opportunities, affordable universities, and a higher divorce rate. Oil continues to shape our world and our day-to-day lives. Oil has brought many changes to Texas. Oil has had a big effect to community pride. I'm giving this social change 10 minutes. I’m giving it 10 minutes because it changed towns, but…

the way society is today this jump in divorce rate was inevitable. I believe that with the increasing lack of morals this would have happened anyways. With the view that marriage is just a piece of paper increasing I believe that the founding of oil only sped up this fate and that it would have happened, in due time, without oil. In the end oil had a large part of the expanding of Texas and many positive impacts. As Texans we owe much of our culture and history to the founding of oil. It makes…

The Impacts of Discovering Oil Crowds were cheering, oil was splattering, and dreams were coming true when “Black Gold” was finally found. Money was soon to come in the pockets of the wildcatters and their families. The first amount of oil that was found in Texas was in Spindletop. They found the oil in the year 1901 in January. Many people wanted to find oil, so they packed up their stuff and moved to boom towns. Wildcatters and roustabouts found the oil and made millions of dollars that next…

steel mills. “In 1873, the United States turned out about 115,000 tons of steel. By 1910, output had soared to 24 million tons, making America the world’s top producer.” The oil industry also saw massive growth as the demand for fuel and machinery lubrication increased. This need eventually started the first oil boom in Texas that lasted almost 20 years. Edwin Drake, hired by an oil company, founded America’s first commercial oil well. Amidst the doubters that laughed about his ideas for…