Oil Creek - Titusville, PA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Szuchie
N 41° 37.306 W 079° 40.380
17T E 610548 N 4608633
A marker detailing Oil Creek, a stream where the first white explorers found Indians skimming the water's surface for oil.
Waymark Code: WM3D2R
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/17/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member The Leprechauns
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This historic marker text reads:

Along this stream the first white explorers found Indians skimming surface oil. From 1859 to 1865, the center of oil production and its refining was along the banks of Oil Creek.
Marker Name: Oil Creek

County: Crawford

Date Dedicated: 09/30/1954

Marker Type: Roadside

Location: Smock Blvd. (Pa. 8), Titusville

Category: Business & Industry, Exploration, Native American, Oil

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