Pennsylvania oil rush
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The first oil rush in America started in Titusville, Pennsylvania, in the Oil Creek valley when Edwin Drake struck "rock oil" there in 1859. Titusville and other towns on the shores of Oil Creek expan
A Pennsylvania oil field in 1862
Welcome sign to Titusville, PA
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.
Pennsylvania oil rush
…The first oil rush in America started in Titusville, Pennsylvania, in the Oil Creek valley when Edwin Drake struck "rock oil" there in 1859. Titusville and other towns on the shores of Oil Creek expanded rapidly as oil wells and refineries shot up across the…
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