Kammala wannan magana: Tashi na Baker shari'a da kuma kasuwanci aiki fara bayan da Rice kisan kai harka a 1900 daidai da Houston ta kara muhimmanci a matsayin yankin sufuri da kuma kasuwanci cibiyar, maye gurbin Galveston bayan da devastating
Guguwar shekara ta 1900. 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.