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What is the major cash crop?
corn,cotton,and lumber
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Something produced in addition to the main product.
By-product
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who was the " prince of the pines " and started the Kirby lumber company in the early 1900s.
John Henry Kirby
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where was salt mined the most in Texas.
Hudspeth
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True of false: the texas transportation was expensive?
True
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money issued by a company that could be spent only at the company store.
scrip
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where is pink granite mined.
Burnet
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How many cities had a popululation of more than 10,000 people by 1900?
11 cities.
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a nonrenewable soure of energy underground.
fossil fuel
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what are the three towns where petroleum is mined
Navarro, Nacogdoches, and Hardin
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Who created the Kirby Lumber company which helped move lumber and wood the leading industry.
John H. Kirby
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a person who is reguarly paid for his or her labor or services.
wage earner
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what year was cotton mined the least.
1869
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By 1873, Texas had how many miles of railroad?
1,068 miles
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employees stopping work until demands are met
strike
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where did most Texans live in 1850. what was the percent.
rural areas, 96.4 percent
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