. >>> here at the texas energy museum, we talk about science, primarily oil. through the refining of final products we use every day. texas wasn't of course the first oil state. oil was first found in the united states in 1859 in titusville, pennsylvania. that's where rockefeller became famous and wealthy. oil production in pennsylvania, ohio, those areas. as oil was moving west, people were trying to find oil everywhere, this is turn of the century, looking for oil in california, kansas, oklahoma, small shorings. texas had a small well in corsicana, only produced 25 or 30 barrels a day. couldn't market it, wasn't a refinery nearby. couldn't do anything with it. in 1901, spindle top came about. typical well produced 600 barrels a day. spinned he will top blew in at 100,000 barrels a day. that ushered in a completely new industry and people were looking for oil. at the turn of the century, it was cotton and cattle, main production, agricultural state. almost overnight, texas was transformed into an industrialized economy, based on oil. in the early part of the u