Cotton, Cattle, Railroads & Oil

6. The first major discovery of oil in Texas that started the oil boom.
8. created to pump water, now used to generate electricity
9. African American soldiers that fought on the Texas frontier to protect settlers and help settle the land.
10. an inventor from Missouri that created a new drill bit that could drill through hard rock in the ground
12. Galveston built this to protect the city after the devastating hurricane of 1900.
13. three of the biggest industries in Houston that came about as our economy evolved and modernized

1. These are impacts that vaqueros had on cowboy culture such as lassos, chaps, cattle, branding
2. commander in the Texas Rangers who helped protect citizens on the frontier
3. Cycles that many towns in Texas experienced where their populations grew and shrank depending on oil deposits being found and then exhausted
4. connected cities and towns across texas like never before. Allowed quick, efficient transportation.
5. farmers used this to fence in their land, blocking cattledrives from crossing it and contributing to the closure of the frontier.
7. Texas Governor whose goal it was to prevent railroads from becoming too powerful
11. cowbooys ussed these to get their cattle from ranches in Texas to railroads or processing plants in the north