Question

In the first decade of the 20th century, which city would have been most impacted by the oil industry in Texas?

Answer 1

Discovery of the Powell Field, also near Corsicana, followed in 1900. Jan. 10, 1901, is the most famous date in Texas petroleum history. This is the date that the great gusher erupted in the oil well being drilled at Spindletop, near Beaumont, by a mining engineer, Capt. A. F.