Texas Public Broadcasting
Texas Pbs: Texas Our Texas: Age of Oil, Prohibition, Women's Suffrage 1901 1929
Learn how oil has played a major role in the life and economy of Texas, shaping its population, economy, and environment.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Spindletop Oilfield
Find out how the Spindletop oil well gusher started the prolific oil industry in the great state of Texas.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Oil and Gas Industry
This informational text piece has everything students want to know about the history of the Texas oil industry beginning in the sixteenth century to modern times.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Texas Almanac: Oil/texas: A Cultural History
Read the synopsis and story of how the Spindletop gusher, a key event in the history of the Texas economy, began the United States oil industry.
A&E Television
A&e History Channel Uk: Oil, the Hamill Brothers and Spindletop
Read about the Hamill brothers and their role in the discovery of oil at the Spindletop hill in Texas in 1901.
Other
The Paleontological Research Institution: History of Oil: Spindletop, Pt. 1
Find out how the famous Lucas oil gusher on the Spindletop hill spurred the prolific oil industry in Texas.
Other
The Paleontological Research Institution: History of Oil: Spindletop, Pt. 2
More information about out how the famous Lucas oil gusher on the Spindletop hill spurred the prolific oil industry in Texas.