Oil city had a store and a cannery, the company built a camp and put in a few buildings, a cookhouse, and a better house for the company manager. Gerald forbes, southwestern oil boom towns, the chronicles of oklahoma 17 december 1939. Oil city, tx young county the handbook of texas online. A history of the oil region of venango county, pennsylvania. Around 1908 the name of the town was changed to oil city, by 1910 the population had jumped to around 12,000 and the town was booming. It is something of the feeling that binds people together in new countries, where. It was the site of large scale petroleum extraction during the late 19th and early 20th century.
It provides an early look into the history of oil city written by the people who were actually living in that time. After the first oil wells were drilled nearby in the 1850s, oil city became central in the petroleum industry while hosting headquarters for the pennzoil, quaker state, and wolfs. Oil city is a city in venango county, pennsylvania, united states that is noted especially in the instrumental exploration and development of the petroleum industry. Oil city is a city in venango county, pennsylvania known for its prominence in the initial exploration and development of the petroleum industry. August carl morck, oil city south side historic district. Oil city, also known as grimshaw, was ten miles south of graham in southeastern young county. Oil 101 history of oil a timeline of the modern oil. Oilfield culture the encyclopedia of oklahoma history. It was built during the beginning of the countys oil industry and was originally named for amos grimshaw, on whose land oil was discovered. By 1910 the oil business was on its feet, with gulf oil drilling the first offshore well in that year. However, colonel drakes heralded discovery of oil in pennsylvania in 1859 and the spindletop discovery in texas in 1901 set the stage for the new oil economy. But oil citys more famous history begins in 1859, when colonel edwin drake became the first to drill the towns precious natural resource oil. Oil city iron works henceforth referred to as ociw played a major role in helping keep hundreds of these gins in good repair by furnishing supplies and parts.
The story of a seneca chiefs legacy to oil city by denice demmer patterson 2002, a booklet. By 1870 oliver and his family were back in enfield and back to the business of produce merchant. Obituaries are published as a free service of oil city. He is also given credit for changing the name to oil city. Oil city cyclesdon becktell robinson, illinois facebook. Additional records are listed on the county and state pages. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. By its incorporation in 1871, the city was shipping.
The first oil corporation, which was created to develop oil found floating on water near titusville, pennsylvania, was the pennsylvania. We found 23 books set in oil city and 3 others set nearby. Petroleum industry the encyclopedia of oklahoma history. Binding oil, tie up your enemies and stop their influence. The district includes 882 contributing buildings and 2 contributing objects in a mixed use section of oil city. My binding oil has the strongest ingredients known for this purpose such as morning glory and ladies thumb. Venango county historical society historical society. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Oil city, tx hutchinson county the handbook of texas. It sits north of the hoh river and is west of the community of hoh.
The following early book about oil city is interesting on several accounts. Oil was used more than five thousand years ago in mesopotamia. The 5 best things to do in oil city 2020 with photos. March 1, 1993 february 20, 2020 age 26 lucas franklin klein passed on february 20, 2020 at the age 26. The prose demonstrates how the writers of the time wrote, spelled and possibly spoke the english language. The first oil had actually been discovered by the chinese in 600 b. During the panhandle oil boom of the 1920s, a small camp called oil city sprang up and grew as a stop on the chicago, rock island and gulf line between.
Oil city, pennsylvania album of original architectural photographs. Oil city was an unincorporated community located in northwestern jefferson county, washington on the western coast of the united states and at the mouth of the hoh river. In 1906, the first discovery oil well in the field, the savage no. Sync your viewing history and pick up where you left off on any device. Franks, the oklahoma petroleum industry oklahoma city. Oil city is about 20 miles north of shreveport, where louisiana, texas and arkansas converge. Lots of great architecture that i wish i did a better job of capturing. The town is situated on the banks of caddo lake, a massive freshwater reservoir that is popular with anglers and families looking for a weekend getaway as its name implies, oil city was a boom town for the oil and gas industries in the early 20th century.
A history of the greater healdtonhewitt oil field oklahoma city. After the first oil wells were drilled in 1861, it became central to the petroleum. Since 1985, oil city iron works has expanded significantly and has diversified its products into lines such as valves, pumps, power generation, gas turbine and compression parts, mining equipment, as well as general oilfield equipment. In the early 1900s this was a small logging community known as ananies. Ice jam on oil creek near oil city, during midlate 1970s. This page primarily lists records kept at the city level. Chief cornplanter lost the area in a land deal in 1818, and prospectors soon built a furnace, mill, and foundry on the site.
A first addition to oil city plat was filed on january 30, 1920, by the olympic oil company of washington and a. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. August carl morck 18591925, an optometrist, inventor of bifocal improvements and a prominent citizen in oil city, pennsylvania. Built in 1890, the building was once the headquarters of the national. A peoples history of the oil industry garden city, n. Cityoil was established and incorporated as a fullyfledged firm that specialises in supply of fuel and lubricants. Oil city south side historic district, oil city roadtrippers. But oil city s more famous history begins in 1859, when colonel edwin drake became the first to drill the towns precious natural resource oil. Discover oil city, pennsylvania historical newspaper archives from 18641977 in more than 3. Oil city, pennsylvania is located at the confluence of the allegheny river and oil creek at according to the united states census bureau, the city has a total area of 4. Oil city genealogy in venango county, pa usa 1,015,348 pennsylvania 60,654 venango county 548 oil city 99. City oil a leading fuel company with a chain of customercentred, ultramodern fuel stations throughout kampala, uganda.
This was more oil promotion than newspaper, and was published by the olympic oil co. Oil 150 is administered by the oil region alliance policies site map. If youve ever had morning glories in your garden, youll understand. The house was built circa 1876 and was first the property of businessman wesley chambers, before morck married into the family. Exhibition overview at a time when more than half of the worlds population is living in cities, any solution for dealing with the effects of climate change and the end of a development based on fossil fuels has to take city planning into account. I started to look around for some kind of history for oil cityand found your post. The machine shop specialized in overhauling boilers and steam engines later diesel engines used as.
From oil drilling to oil painting revitalization through. The structure underwent a colonial revivalstyle remodeling ca. Chronological listing of major oil discoveries field county year corsicana navarro 1894 powell navarro 1900 spindletop jefferson 1901 sour lake hardin 1902 batsonold hardin 1903 humble harris 1905 mission bexar 1907 piedras pintas duval 1907 goose creek harris 1908 panhandle osborne wheeler 1910 archer county archer 1911 electra wichita 1911 burk. Founded in 1860 on the site of a seneca indian village, it burgeoned as an oil centre after the drilling of the worlds first oil well august 27, 1859 at titusville, about 16 miles up oil creek.
The concept of a library in our community began in 1864 when a group of citizens formed an organization called the. Oil city, city, venango county, northwestern pennsylvania, u. But the companies moved away and the days of oil citys prosperity are gone. After years of searching to validate libbies story, i found them in the 1865 new york state census with olivers occupation as petroleum agent in oil city. Oil city, on big creek in southwestern hutchinson county, was originally known as ingerton when it was a rural school located on the henry yake ranch. Oil city began as a settlement of the seneca tribe in the early 1600s. Oil city south side historic district, also known as venango city and laytonia, is a national historic district located at oil city, venango county, pennsylvania. He wrote that on the confines toward geirgine there is a fountain from which oil springs in great abundance, inasmuch as a hundred shiploads might be taken from it. They can take over your whole garden in a short amount of time if not dealt with and pulled up from the roots. The oil industry of medieval persia azerbaijan and baku when marco polo in 1264 visited the persian city of baku, on the shores of the caspian sea in modern azerbaijan, he saw oil being collected from seeps. While the drilling of oil which marks the start of the modern petroleum industry dates only to the middle of the 19 th century, the knowledge of oil is very old.