The Ohio Oil Company-Marathon Oil Co. : Gas Boom Era Marker
N 41° 02.359 W 083° 39.181
17T E 276998 N 4546512
West Main Cross & Cory St.
W of NW Corner
Findlay, OH
Waymark Code: WM85F
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 02/28/2006
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Text : Side A
Site of the first Findlay Field Office for what was to become a world-wide oil company, formerly locally owned and operated. 1887: The Ohio Oil Company was incorporated by five independent oil producers in the Lima field. 1901: J.C. Donnell elected President of the Ohio Oil Company. Company's 'big well,' the "Hugh McMurray," comes in. 1929: Construction begins on new office building at South Main Street and Hardin Streets. 1962: Name changed to Marathon Oil Company to reflect international operations.
Text : Side B
Four years (1886-1890) changed the course of history in Northwest Ohio, making Findlay an industrial center. 1884: Findlay Natural Gas Company, formed by Dr. Charles Oesterlen, brings in first commercial natural gas well. 1886: Karg Well comes in and Findlay becomes known as the "City of Light."1887: Free fuel, free light, and free land attracts 31 industries to Findlay. 1888: Findlay becomes known as "Glass Capital of the World." 1890: Natural gas output declines. Oil production increases.
Marker Number: #14-32
County: Hancock
Significance of Location: Building or House
Additional Coordinate description:
The Great Karg Well Site at N 41* 02.609 W 083* 39.305.
Website address: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
Bicentenial Mark: Not Listed
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