In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.

Pithole 's sudden growth and equally rapid decline , as well as its status as a " proving ground " of sorts for the burgeoning petroleum industry , made it one of the most famous of oil boomtowns .
The quick growing of Pithole and then fast decline made it one of the most famous of the oil boomtowns .