HIST 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Life Insurance, Spindletop, Railroad Commission Of Texas
20 Oct 2016
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Texas was much like mississippi in 1890 but different in 1950. What happe(cid:374)ed to te(cid:454)as that did(cid:374)"t happe(cid:374) to mississippi: reality of texas: cotton made a bigger economic impact than oil (more people involved, see what oil and cotton did in connecting texas beyond its borders. Memory ~ the romance of oil versus the reality of cotton. Politics and big money of oil and cotton. Cotton made a bigger impact into the 1930s but oil had the hopefulness of the (cid:862)a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) drea(cid:373)(cid:863) that (cid:272)otto(cid:374) did (cid:374)ot. Cotton was done on a bigger scale (houston large companies) Not the only place that grew cotton but big cotton companies were connected across the world. Tool and techniques were later exported around the world so that texas was at one time the greatest producer. Remains a place that supplies tools and technology more international. Large cities = more educated population, faster moving economy, banking, insurance, law, etc.
