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1) The valley of oil

Author

Botsford, Harry

Language

English

Formats

Book, Local History Collection, Non-fiction

Description

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A man named Drake -- Pithole - Phantom City --Portraits in oil.

2) Oil geology of the Titusville quadrangle, Pennsylvania

Author

Pennsylvania. Geological survey

Series

Bulletin M volume 22

Publisher

Pennsylvania Geological Survey

Pub. Date

1947

Edition

2nd ed.

Language

English

3) Oil on the brain

Author

McKinney, Gary S

Publisher

Mechling Bookbindery

Pub. Date

2003

Language

English

Formats

Book, Local History Collection

Description

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The discovery of oil and the excitement of the boom in Clarion County, Pennsylvania.

4) The American petroleum industry;age of energy: the age of energy, 1899-1959

Author

Williamson, Harold Francis

Publisher

Northwestern university press

Pub. Date

[c1963]

Physical Desc

864 p.

Language

English

5) Black gold at Titusville

Author

Dobler, Lavinia G

Publisher

Dodd, Mead

Pub. Date

1959

Physical Desc

174 p. illus. 21 cm.

Language

English

6) Early days of oil: a pictorial history of the beginnings of the industry in Pennsylvania

Author

Giddens, Paul Henry

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Pub. Date

1948

Physical Desc

viii, 149 p. illus., ports., maps. 29 cm.

Language

English

7) History of the petroleum industry symposium

Author

American Association of Petroleum Geologists

Publisher

American Association of Petroleum Geologists

Pub. Date

1989

Language

English

Formats

Book, Local History Collection

Description

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Contents: Northwestern Pennsylvania in 1860--Gleanings from F.W. Beers' 1865 Atlas of the oil region of Pennsylvania -- Petroleum mining and horiztonal wells -- Field trip #1 Oil region of Titusville, Pleasantville, Tidioute, and Tionesta -- Field trip #2 Some threads of history along Oil Creek Valley, Titusville to Wildcat Hollow -- Wildcat Hollow, historical notes -- Some geological aspects of the Oil Creek Valley Region -- The Venango portable...

8) The American petroleum industry: the age of illumination, 1859-1899

Author

Williamson, Harold Francis

Publisher

Northwestern University Press

Pub. Date

[1959]

Physical Desc

xvi, 864 p. illus., ports., maps, diagrs., facsims., tables. 24 cm.

Language

English

9) Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI

Author

Grann, David

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 14

Language

English

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NYT - Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction
NYT - Paperback Nonfiction
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Formats

Book, Book on CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.

10) John Wilkes Booth in the Pennsylvania oil region: including the complete interviews of Louis J. Mackey done in 1894 at Franklin, Pennsylvania, with people who had known Booth during his 1864 sojourn here

Author

Miller, Ernest C

Publisher

Crawford County Historical Society

Pub. Date

1987

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

89 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Local History Collection, Non-fiction

11) Pithole: The Vanished City

Author

Darrah, William C

Language

English

12) John A. Mather: the legacy of Pennsylvania's oil region photographer

Author

Stewart, Anne W

Pub. Date

1995

Language

English

13) Myth, Legend, Reality: Edwin Laurentine Drake and the Early Oil Industry

Author

Brice, William R

Pub. Date

2009

Language

English

Formats

Book, Local History Collection, Non-fiction

14) Oil energy

Author

Olson, Elsie

Series

Earth's Energy Resources

Publisher

Sandcastle, an imprint of Abdo Publishing

Pub. Date

[2019]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

24 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Kids will explore an exciting energy resource with Oil Energy. This book covers one of Earth's energy resources, including where it comes from, how we develop and use it, and how it helps power the world. Bright, full-page photos fill the books, while easy-to-read text introduces young readers to key STEM concepts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles. Sandcastle is an...