Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Guguwar Galveston ta 1900
da kuma Galveston hadari na 1915 ya hallaka mafi yawan itatuwan 'ya'yan itace na birnin kuma ya jinkirta girma na tsawon lokaci, kuma ya haifar da wani lokaci na desertification a yankin. A shekara ta 1914, tare da farfado da aikin gona da kuma ƙarshen hamada, Pearland yana da yawan jama'a 400, amma sanyi mai ban tsoro a 1918 wani koma baya ne ga kamfanonin noma na gida. An gano man fetur a kusa a 1934, wanda ya haifar da ci gaban Hastings Oilfield, kodayake bai haifar da ci gaba sosai ba, kamar yadda yawan jama'a ke canzawa tsakanin 150 zuwa 350. A cikin 1930s da 1940s, Pearland yana da dakunan rawa da wuraren shan giya da yawa waɗanda ke nishadantar da mutane daga filayen mai na Hastings da Manvel.