Texas Urbanization

Urbanization In Texas

Boomtowns

Jobs resulting from Urbanization in Texas

Boomtown life was very hard. They were very populated and it was hard to find a place to stay. Water was polluted and dysentery was common. The Texas Rangers had to be sent out to break up fights that could occur in pubs and taverns. All in all, boomtowns just grew too fast to be good cities.

By: Ashley Walters and Ryan Wixon

When a large oil strike was made, many people would come to a town to get rich quick. These were called boomtowns. Boomtowns needed lots of workers to provide goods and sevices for all the wildcatters. Wildcatters were men searching for oil independently. The demand for goods and services was very high, and new job positions opened up. Oil alone was responsible for 1.8 million jobs! Boomtown jobs could include farming, oilmen, shopkeeping, and other jobs. As towns became urban cities, more professional positions opened up. These could include banking, retail, real estate, and sales.

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What Economic Factors led to urbanization in Texas?

What areas of Texas were affected by urbanization?

The increase in demand of oil made communities make more oil companies. When the people arrived to the towns, they bought the oil, and word spread that the town had a large supply of oil, making more people move there. This gave these companies massive amounts of money.

Many areas of Texas were affected by urbanization, such as Houston, Midland, Odessa, Beaumont, and Port Arthur. These areas owe most of their urbanization to the growing oil industry.

Conclusion

What made businesses popular?

There are many factors to a growing business. Some things that take part into a growing company is larger supply of a certain product that is rare, such as gold, oil, etc.

Urbanization was a very important part of Texas and is still going on today. Oil strikes were the reason for the first boomtowns, which were the pioneers of urbanization. Because of urbanization, more skilled jobs have become avalible to work. If we had not had an oil boom in Texas, and never urbanized, we could still all be working as farmers!

What is Urbanization?

Introduction

What Caused Urbanization in 1901?

In this presentation, we are going to be talking about how urbanization has effected Texas. We will also be talking about how oil industries have made Texas economy and urbanization grow.

Urbanization is a community that has a growing population due to land, money, and job diversity.

Urbanization was caused by communities having better businesses, such as more oil and food companies.