Spindletop Word Search

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Across
  1. 2. Which was near Spindletop that also got an increase in population?
  2. 5. By the 1900, Houston had a well developed ____to help with transportation of people.
  3. 7. These are towns that experience a sudden rise in population and business
  4. 8. What is the nation's leading oil producing state?
  5. 11. What was one negative part of these cities that rapidly grew?
  6. 12. What year did Edwin Drake successfully drill for oil?
  7. 13. Edwin Drake drilled the first successful oil well what state?
  8. 14. By the late 1800s most of this resource was refined in a product called kerosene.
Down
  1. 1. In 1914, this automobile maker opened an auto assembly plant in Dallas.
  2. 3. How high was the Spindletop's highest gusher?
  3. 4. Which city reaped the benefits of the oil discoveries?
  4. 6. drilled the first oil well in Texas at Oil Springs.
  5. 9. Between 1900 and 1920, the number of Texans living in places with populations over 2,500 did what?
  6. 10. How many barrels of Oil did Spindletop produce by 1902?