Henry R. Rouse
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N 41° 28.115 W 079° 41.487
17T E 609269 N 4591603
On northbound Rt. 8 and the Rouseville town line.
Waymark Code: WM3MRW
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/21/2008
Views: 22
MARKER TEXT:
A former teacher and Warren County legislator who became a successful oil lease owner. One of 19 persons killed when the Little & Merrick oil well at Rouseville exploded and burned on April 17, 1861. As he lay dying, Rouse dictated a will that provided liberally for roads and the poor. Buchanan Farms had been renamed Rouseville that February; three-year-old Ida Tarbell (later famous as an oil industry critic) was a resident.
Marker Name: Henry R. Rouse
County: Venango
Date Dedicated: 12/11/1996
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Pa. 8 near S borough line of Rouseville
Category: Professions & Vocations, Business & Industry, Oil
Website: [Web Link]
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