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Edwin L. Drake strikes oil
Drilled 69 1/2 feet to strike oil in Titusville PA and is credited with being the first to drill for oil in the United States. -
Pacific Coast Oil Co.
Pacific Coast Oil Co. was founded in San Francisco by Lloyd Tevis, George Loomis and Charles Felton. It eventually became ChevronTexaco. -
Edwin Drake
Edwin Drake the first man to find oil died penniless -
Anti-monopoly laws
Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil was organized as a trust. -
Hurricane of 1900
The Hurricane of 1900 was in the city of Galveston, Texas, in the United States. -
Spindletop
At this time in history the spindletop well struck oil, which massively effected the oil boom. -
Wright Brothers
Wright Brothers made their first motorized that flight lasted 59 seconds. -
First Model T
The model T is an automobile that was produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company. -
Howard Hughes Sr.
Howard Hughes Sr. developed a new type of drill bit called the rotary drill bit. -
Automobiles
Over 650,000 automobiles registered in the United States. -
Tax in gas
Oregon introduced the first state tax on gasoline at one cent per gallon, to be used for road construction. -
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Prohibition law takes place
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Highways
In 1945 began the Esenhower interstate highway system this provided more roads and contructed more jobs
