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Oil boom: Venango County, Pennsylvania

December 28, 2006 - 10:40am — Storytrax

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Venango County
Franklin, PA
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Venango County, PA was formed on March 12, 1800 out of Allegheny and Lycoming counties.  Franklin, the county seat, was laid out in 1795 and became a city in 1868, as did Oil City in 1871.  The American oil industry was born here in 1859 when Colonel Drake successfully drilled a well and produced oil.


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