Ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Hawan aikin shari'a da kasuwancin Baker ya fara ne bayan kisan gilla na Rice a cikin 1900 ya haɗu da mahimmancin Houston a matsayin cibiyar sufuri da kasuwanci na yanki, maye gurbin Galveston bayan bala'in guguwar 1900
Ka yi haƙuri. Bugu da kari, wani harin mai a Spindletop a 1901 ya daukaka yankin Tekun Tekun Texas dangane da mahimmancin kasuwancin kasa. Kodayake filin mai mai arziki yana kusa da Beaumont, Texas, an fara kamfanonin man fetur da yawa a Houston ko kuma suka koma Houston, kuma sun samar da tushen sabbin abokan ciniki ga kamfanin lauya na Baker.