- information on
the
importance of Spindletop in Texas, America, and the world
(Section 1, p. 417)
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primary source information on Spindletop (Section 1, p. 418)
- facts about
the world's first discovery of an oil reserve in Titusville,
Pennsylvania (Section 1, p. 419)
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- data on
how geologists find oil (Section 1, p. 423)
- more about the
boom-and-bust
cycle of oil and gas during the 1920s and 1930s (Section 2,
p.424)
- information on the
process of fractional distillation of oil (Skillbuilder, p. 425)
- help researching
the products
and industries of Texas in 1910 (Section 3, p. 427)
- information on
Texans who made
their fortunes in oil (Section 3, p. 428)
- more about the
discovery of oil
at Spindletop and the
oil industry of
Texas through the present day (Section 3, p. 429)
- data on the environmental impact of the oil industry (Section 3,
p. 429)
- more about
Texas oil boomtowns of the 1920s and 1930s (Chapter Project, p.
431)
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