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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 1786669" data-attributes="member: 571">What Arch? The St. Louis Arch is very post 1908, and 1870 technology was not capable of erecting it. So no St. Louis Arch.As for the Texas oil fields. Oil production in the U.S. goes back to the 1840s and the Pennsylvania oil fields. Quaker State was founded at that time and got its name from the fact its wells were in the Quaker State. The technology was there in 1870 to drill, pump, store, and transport the oil. Not as efficient as the technology would later become, but still there.Now, except for asphalt, axle grease, and oil lamps the Dead Zone wouldn't have much use for it, but it would still be useful outside the DZ. Then there is the potential use as material components. Say, a pinch of tar or a drop of kerosene in a Fireball. So, yes, you can have the Texas Oil Boom.</blockquote>