Oil gushes at the Spindletop Oilfield, circa 1901.

ID: 2772 | This file appears in: Changes in the Land: Present-Day Use of Land in the Bedias Creek-Trinity River Confluence
Oil gushes from a well at the Spindletop Oilfield in 1901, which launched Texas's first oil boom and its petrochemical industry. Many former sharecroppers and tenant farmers left farming for the higher paying jobs offered by the rise of Texas' oil and gas sectors. Today, the sector accounts for a large portion of the East Texas economy. | Creator: Unknown | Date: Circa 1901. | Source: Image courtesy Texas Energy Museum. Spindletop Oil Field | Flickr | Rights: Image available on the Internet and included for instructional purposes in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107.
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Image courtesy Texas Energy Museum. Spindletop Oil Field | Flickr

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Circa 1901.

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Image available on the Internet and included for instructional purposes in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107.
"Oil gushes at the Spindletop Oilfield, circa 1901. " appears in: Changes in the Land: Present-Day Use of Land in the Bedias Creek-Trinity River Confluence