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First Oil Well, Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1859
    Record Data
    Place Unit Type
    City or Town
    Containing Unit
    Crawford County, PA
    Events
    Date Type
    08/24/1865 In Pennsylvania, a massive head-on collision on the Oil Creek Railroad kills up to nine people and injures many more Crime/Disasters
    People
    Birthplace of

    Kerr, Michael Crawford

    Michael Crawford Kerr, detail
    Documents
    Date Title
    06/19/1861 San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “From the Oil Region of Pennsylvania,” June 19, 1861
    Images

    First Oil Well, Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1859

    First Oil Well, Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1859

    Oil Creek and Titusville Railway depot, Titusville, Pennsylvania, December 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

    Oil Creek and Titusville Railway depot, Titusville, Pennsylvania, December 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

    Oil Creek and Titusville Railway depot, Titusville, Pennsylvania, December 1864, artist's impression, detail

    Oil Creek and Titusville Railway depot, Titusville, Pennsylvania, December 1864, artist's impression, detail

    Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image

    Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image

    Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1865, artist's impression, detail

    Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1865, artist's impression, detail

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