Early oil history info at oil150.com

[Canawler]

The site's been up for a year or so but they have recently added a wealth of information on early oil history.

http://www.oil150.com

Check the "essays" and "about oil" pages.

The focus is on Pennsylvania but most of the early oil companies expanded and merged all over the country.
I saw some material on the California and Texas oil fields as well.

 

[Johnny]

I especially liked this essay.

http://www.oil150.com/essays/2009/02/south-penn-oil-and-pennzoil

You want to know the complete history of Pennzoil, here it is.

 

[Papa Bear]

I think we have you beat by a year here in Ontario, Canada .....

The Oil Museum of Canada says we had the first commercial well in 1858.

I worked at a White Rose gas station here in the 50's. Maybe Johnny remembers EnArCo ??