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fossil fuels   a nonrenewable resource of energy underground.  
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company town   these grew up around factories; practically every job was related to the factory.  
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Orange   an important sawmill center.  
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labor union   association of workers formed to gain better wages and working conditions.  
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quarry   an open pit from which stone is obtained by digging, cutting, or blasting.  
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wage earner   a person who is regularly paid for his or her labor services.  
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by-product   esomething produced in addition to the main product.  
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strip mining   a method of mining that strips away all layers of earth and rock.  
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strike   employees stopping work until demands are met.  
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petroleum   one of Texas' most important minerals.  
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Big Thicket National Preserve   an area set aside in 1974 to protect thousands of acres of forest in East Texas.  
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Texas Federation of Labor   a union formed exclusively in Texas to establish better working conditions and a limit to the hours in a work day.  
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Fort Worth   city that became know as "Cowtown" because of the cattle industry.  
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Jay Gould   owner of Texas and Pacific Railway.  
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John Henry Kirby   helped make lumber one of the leading industries in Texas.  
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scrip   money created by companies used as pay or their employees, but worthless outside the company town.  
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Knoght of Labor   largest labor union i ths U.S. in the early 1900's and very powerful in Texas.  
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