Oil Creek…The Beginning

By Neil McElwee, 2001 138 pages; 8.35″ x 10.25″ Soft cover $19

A different historical examination of the first decades of the American oil industry, “Oil Creek…The Beginning” takes you to Venango County, Pennsylvania in the 1860s and 1870s where the world’s oil industry was formed. Not just a history, but a field guide to early well sites and oil towns.