They provided fresh water and fertile soil for farming. How did geography affect the movement of people, goods, and ideas in ancient East Asia? It kept trade and cultural exchange mostly among groups within China. The area provided supplies of fish, farmland, and fresh water.
Lyne T. Barret drilled Texas' first producing oil well in 1866 at Melrose in Nacogdoches County. The following year, Amory Reily Starr and Peyton F. Edwards brought in a well at nearby Oil Springs.
