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A diplomat and defender of Seneca land and culture, Cornplanter allied the Iroquois Confederacy with the fledgling US after fighting for the British during the American Revolution. He arbitrated conflicts between Native Americans and settlers, tho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21B9_mcclintock-steele-waitz-house_Oil-City-PA.html
McClintock-Steele-Waitz House (a.k.a. Coal Oil Johnny's House) This timber frame home was constructed in the early 1850's by Culbertson and Sarah "Sally" McClintock along the west bank of Oil Creek approximately 0.7 mile downstream from this site.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18K7_speechley-gas-pool-well_Oil-City-PA.html
Here on April 15, 1885, at a depth of 1, 963 feet, Samuel Speechley completed a natural gas well that was sufficient, for a time, to supply all of Oil City & nearby communities. At the pool of this well was discovered a deep gas bearing sand-stone…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18K6_in-commemoration-of-the-gift_Oil-City-PA.html
In commemoration of the gift of 303 acres of land now occupied by the city of Oil City, and located at the mouth of the Allegheny River by Thomas Mifflin, as the first Governor of Pennsylvania, to Cornplanter, Chief of the Seneca Indians on March …
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John O'BailChief of the Seneca IndiansWho for services rendered the State of Pennsylvania at the close of the Revolution was created by Governor Mifflin in 1789 the land on which this part of Oil City is situated.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM185G_cornplanter_Oil-City-PA.html
The Principle Chief of the Seneca People Also known as Gyantwachia ("The Planter")1732? - 1836On March 16, 1796 the Pennsylvania Legislature granted Cornplanter a tract of land at the confluences of the Allegheny River and Oil Creek, the present s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1859_humboldt-refinery_Oil-City-PA.html
One of the largest and most scientifically advanced petroleum refineries of its time occupied 47 acres along Cherry Run immediately northwest of this site. It was placed in operation by chemist Jon Bruns and the Lodovici Brothers in 1862. Named fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM184G_patrick-c-boyle_Oil-City-PA.html
An early oil scout and pioneer oil industry journalist, editor, and publisher. He owned and managed The Derrick newspaper and The Oil and Gas Journal, shaping them into nationally influential petroleum industry trade publications. The Derrick was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM144B_colonel-francis-gabby-gabreski_Oil-City-PA.html
A US Air Force pilot, he was a leading fighter ace during WWII and the Korean War. He taught fighter tactics to his pilots as squadron commander. He was highly decorated by the US and its allied partners. The son of Polish immigrants, he was born …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY34_oldest-producing-oil-well_Oil-City-PA.html
McClintock No. 1 Oil Well has produced continuously since August, 1861. Drilled only two years after the famous Drake Well, it is located 240 yards away, across the railroad.
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