[DOC] [TLE] First American Oil Well - American Oil & Gas Historical Society [PAR] Organized by former Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company investors from New Haven
, ... Edwin L. Drake used a steam engine and cable-tool drilling rig to drill his 
famous .... Visitors to the Drake Well Museum along Oil Creek in Titusville can 
tour a replica of ... August 27, 1859, is one of those dates on which the world 
changed,... [DOC] [TLE] Pennsylvania oil rush - Wikipedia [PAR] The Pennsylvania oil rush was a boom in petroleum production which occurred 
in northwestern Pennsylvania from 1859 to the early 1870s. It was the first oil 
boom in the United States. The oil rush began in Titusville, Pennsylvania, in the 
Oil Creek Valley when Colonel Edwin L. Drake struck ... By the mid-1870s, the oil 
industry was well established, and the "rush" to drill... [DOC] [TLE] Titusville, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia [PAR] Titusville is a city in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The 
population was 5,601 at the 2010 census, and the city is part of the Meadville, PA 
Micropolitan Statistical Area and Erie-Meadville, PA Combined Statistical Area. 
Titusville is where the modern oil industry began. ... Edwin L. Drake, to start 
drilling on a piece of leased land just south of... [DOC] [TLE] The Drake Well - the first oil well...in Pennsylvania? [PAR] For this was one of the first successful oil wells that was drilled for the sole 
purpose of finding oil. Known as the Drake Well, after "Colonel" Edwin Drake, the 
man responsible for ... of years, people had known about these seeps in western 
Pennsylvania. ... Museum Commission, Drake Well Museum Collection, Titusville
, PA... [DOC] [TLE] Oil Industry - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] Find out more about the history of Oil Industry, including videos, interesting 
articles, ... purchased land near Titusville and engaged Edwin L. Drake to locate 
the oil there. ... an expert salt driller, to supervise drilling operations and on 
August 27, 1859, ... One of those who heard about the discovery was John D. 
Rockefeller. [DOC] [TLE] E:\SPRING98\SP98C1.QXD (Page 1) - Pennsylvania Department of ... [PAR] Colonel Edwin L. Drake in front of the famous Drake well near Titusville,. Pa. 
Drawing by ... its start in 1859 near Titusville, Pa., when an unassuming former 
railroad conductor named ... man who drilled it, credited with founding the oil 
industry? ... 1). The answers to these questions lie in the vagaries of timing and 
vision. As. [DOC] [TLE] The Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Edwin Drake and the Drill Pipe [PAR] Edwin Drake was the first person to strike oil in America. His world-famous well 
was drilled in Titusville, PA, a small town in Crawford County. ... a "black gold 
rush" but also placed him in the books of oil industry history. ... Drake's biggest 
setback occurred on October 6, 1859 when the first oil well fire was started by "
Uncle... [DOC] [TLE] GEO ExPro - The Birth of the Modern Oil Industry [PAR] In 1859 Titusville was, as it still is, a small town set in the rolling wooded ... That 
was the setting when Edwin L. Drake was sent to Pennsylvania to drill for oil ... 
The Drake Well was spudded in the middle of August 1859 following a one .... 
Despite its low price, Kier was unable to dispose of all the oil produced by these 
wells. [DOC] [TLE] Edwin Drake Facts - Biography - YourDictionary [PAR] Though he drilled only three oil wells in his lifetime, Edwin Drake (1819-1880) is 
known as the "Father of the Petroleum Industry" because the ... which had been 
created to exploit ground-level seepage of oil near Titusville (Pennsylvania). ... 
Nevertheless, James M. Townsend, one of the investors, used the salutatory title
... [DOC] [TLE] ExplorePAHistory.com - Teach PA History - Lesson Background [PAR] Drake Well Park stands near Titusville, Venango County, on the site where Edwin 
L. Drake struck oil with the world's first drilled well in 1859

Question: In 1859 Edwin L. Drake drilled one of these wells near Titusville, Pennsylvania & started an industry
Answer: Oil well