Why was Beaumont, Texas, called a boomtown during the early 1900s?
Land prices in Beaumont increased from $150 per acre to nearly $20,000 per acre after a large oil gusher was discovered in the middle of the town
Within a year of the discovery of oil near Beaumont, the town experienced significant increases in its population, economic activity, and business investment.
Pennsylvania investors funded oil camps for oil small drilling companies to live in seamount while searching for oil depsits along the Gulf Coast of Texas.
Patillo Higgins and other investors wanted to build a manufacturing community in Beaumont because they predicted large oil deposits were located there
Land prices in Beaumont increased from $150 per acre to nearly $20,000 per acre after a large oil gusher was discovered in the middle of the town
Within a year of the discovery of oil near Beaumont, the town experienced significant increases in its population, economic activity, and business investment.
Pennsylvania investors funded oil camps for oil small drilling companies to live in seamount while searching for oil depsits along the Gulf Coast of Texas.
Patillo Higgins and other investors wanted to build a manufacturing community in Beaumont because they predicted large oil deposits were located there
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