The Crude Awakening
January 10, 1901- First Discovery of Oil in Texas
It wasn't Jed Clampet shooting at some food, but America struck black gold - Texas T - !!!OIL!!! - on this day in 1901, when a drilling expedition in Beaumont, Texas turned up an abundant supply of black crude oil. After this, combustion engine designs quickly evolved to create an increasing demand for the substance. Had the expedition not found the crude oil, a discovery that forever altered the course of American and world economics and politics, we might still be driving the Stanley Steamer type steam-boiler-powered cars.
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