- Author
- Loose, John Ward Willson.
- Date of Publication
- 1985.
transport the product in Jefferson, Elk, Venango, Clarion, Centre,
Clearfield, Beaver, and Greene counties.
When "Colonel" Edwin L. Drake"s well near Titusville yielded oil in
late August, 1859, the rush to acquire leases on oil lands began. Petroleum
geology was then unknown, and the siting of wells was