Why did texas get so big. yeah there was cattle and cotton and some lumber and then oil, but oklahomas produced more oil than...
Anonymous asked: Why did texas get so big. yeah there was cattle and cotton and some lumber and then oil, but oklahomas produced more oil than texas until the 30s and 40s and didnt get anywhere near as big even then. like what possible justification is there for dallas being 6, 7, 8 million people, it doesn't even have a navigable river, just trains and then an airport
Yeah you know, I could tell you the story of postwar California by rote but I’m pretty vague on Texas. Probably involves LBJ.
I mean it was big to start with, the eastern part is a huge swath of midwest-quality farmland with a warm climate and a Caribbean shore. (The eastern part of Oklahoma was Indian Territory)
Dallas was born in the railroad age, which made the navigable river-less inland part of that eastern part accessible and worth farming. Being located at a railroad crossroads makes about as much sense as Pittsburgh, Kansas CIty, or St. Louis being founded at river convergences. And then when it became the highway age Dallas is one of the best-highwayed cities in the world, that’s probably where the LBJ part comes in