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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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