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Sheik Of 1859 Oil Boom Shaped Corry And Titusville
The piece traces oil origins from Titusville to Corry with Col Drake Hiram Corry and Samuel Downer pivotal in early gains. It notes Downer’s 50 acres fueling a refinery, the first urban railroad link, and the 1861 city status amid prospering oil trade before 1890. It ends warning that oil remains central to the region’s industry and even its modern misgivings.
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Titusville
Col
Edwin Drake
Col. Drake
Corry
Hiram Corry
Samuel Downer
Boston
Atlantic
Great Western
Sunbury
Erie
Downer
Cooper Pentax
Oil Creek
Oil City
Seaboard
Stumps