Im Impact of f Discovery ry Populist sentiment against Standard - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Im Impact of f Discovery ry

• Populist sentiment against Standard Oil was particularly strong at the

time of the Spindletop discovery and the mega-corporation could not move in on the discovery due to state of Texas anti-trust laws. This

• pened the door for many companies, foremost among them Texaco

and Gulf Oil

• Beaumont's population went from 10,000 to 50,000 in 3 months
• By the end of 1902, more than 500 companies had been formed and

285 wells were operating

His istorical Context xt

• Sep 8th 1900 … the Galveston Flood … deadliest hurricane and natural

disaster in U.S. history … killed 6,000 to 12,000 people

• “Remember the Maine!” Spanish-American War 1898
• Six years until Oklahoma statehood (Nov 1907)
• Halley’s Comet 1910
• Two years before the Wright brothers get off the ground.
• William McKinley assassinated Sep 6th, 1901
• Queen Victoria’s funeral (1901)
• Glenn Pool discovered Nov 1905
• Frank Phillips founded Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville in 1905
• Michigan schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor goes over Niagara Falls in a

barrel, and survives! (Oct 24th, 1901)

Popular Songs of f 1901

• Stars and Stripes Forever … John Phillips Sousa (1901)
• Beer, Beer, Glorious Beer … The Variety Singers (1901)
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot … Fisk University Jubilee Quartet (1909)
• Give My Regards to Broadway … Billy Murray (1905)
• In the Good Old Summer Time … J W Myers (1902)
• Take Me Out To The Ball Game … Harvey Hindermyer (1908)
• In My Merry Oldsmobile … Billy Murray (1905)
• Yankee Doodle … Billy Murray (1905)

Contemporary ry Automobiles