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Drake Well Museum and Park : Pennsylvania trail of history guide / text by Jon Sherman ; photographs by Art Becker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sherman, Jon.
- Series:
- Pennsylvania trail of history guides
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drake Well Museum.
- Oil wells--Pennsylvania--Titusville--History--19th century--Guidebooks.
- Oil wells.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Titusville--History--19th century--Guidebooks.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Drake Well Museum--Guidebooks.
- History.
- Titusville (Pa.)--Guidebooks.
- Titusville (Pa.).
- Pennsylvania--Titusville.
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- 48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Mechanicsburg, Pa. : Stackpole Books, [2002]
- Summary:
- The Pennsylvania Trail of History Guides is a continuing series of handbooks on the historic sites and museums administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Each handbook focuses on a particular site, offering a concise history of the subject and a detailed tour of the grounds, complete with full-color photographs.
- Drake Well Museum and Park in Titusville is the site of the world's first oil well and the point of origin for the modern petroleum industry. Edwin Drake's well that struck oil on August 27, 1859, revealed that drilling was an effective way to produce large quantities of crude oil. When speculators followed, the industry boomed in the region. Within a short time, oil drilling became a worldwide phenomenon. The guidebook discusses the oil industry in Pennsylvania, focusing on the story of Drake and the industry in Oil Creek Valley, and concludes with a tour of the museum and the grounds.
- Notes:
- "Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission."
- Map on p. 4 of cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 48)
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0811729605
- OCLC:
- 49512715
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