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Texas is founded on booms—they built our cities and universities and museums. They gave us H. L. Hunt and Claytie Williams; J. R. Ewing and Jett Rink. They gave us our swagger, known around the world. In Midland they raised crystal skyscrapers on the plains, and in Big Spring they built hotels and mansions where buffalo bones once whitened the expanse. They’re our proof that the American dream is alive and well. But like all dreams, a boom can end in an instant.