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The Coal Of Johnny and the Oil Boom Era
The long portrait of John Washington Steele known as Coal Of Johnny traces his rise from an adopted farm boy near Sheakleyville to a Pennsylvania oil town celebrity. It recounts his partnerships with Slocum, lavish tastes, legal troubles, and eventual financial collapse, ending with his return home after creditors seized the McClintock farm and his dissipation among a circle of friends.
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Archives of Petroleum
John Washington Steele
Johnny
Pennsylvania
Conn
Lindbergh
Opal
Sheaklevil É
Culberson McClintock
Oi Creek
Vensange County
Culbertson Farm
Drake
Titusville
Christendom
Ol Creek
Eleanor Moffitt
Oakland Township
Meointock
McClintock
Steele
Jenning
Seth R. Slocum
McClintock Farm
Slocum
Ower
John
Luey
Quaker City
Con Ol Johnny
Hainny
Steele-Slocum
Jeacers
Slon
Steele-Slocum Racing Combine
Ures
Johiny
Dahnny
Tugibs
Mieete
Wneville
Newt Hen Own Howe