Edwin Drake made the world's first producing oil well, which founded the Petroleum industry. This was done on this site in Titusville, PA or Pennsylvania, the Keystone state. And this invention and discovery was key, both for the region and the world.
With a barrel of oil once again more than $80, makes one wonder if there is not more of that black gold in these hills of PA, just outside of Pittsburgh...
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First Oil Drill Located In Pennsylvania
Edwin Drake Finds Oil in Titusvil
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