Edwin Drake
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Edwin Laurentine Drake, also known as Colonel Drake, was an American businessman and the first American to successfully drill for oil.
A 19th century illustration of Drake
Drake with the nation's first oil well near Titusville, Pennsylvania
The Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, home where Drake lived the last seven years of his life, from 1873 until 1880
Drake's grave and memorial in Titusville, Pennsylvania
Titusville, Pennsylvania
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Titusville is a city in the far eastern corner of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,262 at the 2020 census. Titusville is known as the birthplace of the American oil i
Edwin Drake
…was founded by George Bissell and Jonathan Eveleth. They created the company after hearing of reports that petroleum collected from an oil spring in Titusville, Pennsylvania, was suitable for use as lamp fuel. Until this time, the primary lamp fuel had been whale oil. Bissell found that the rock oil would be a practical…
Titusville in August 2016
Downtown Titusville, PA in 2014
Drake Well
University of Pittsburgh at Titusville