Monument to oil history in serious need of repair

08/04/10 The Col. Edwin Drake monument at Woodlawn Cemetery may not make it past the next heavy frost without significant improvements. The monument, first unveiled on Oct. 4, 1901, has been thoroughly damaged by years of freezing and thawing.

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The science of drilling: The jury is out on health and 'green' concerns

02/26/11 Since 1859, when Edwin Drake drilled the first successful oil well near Titusville in northwestern Pennsylvania, more than 350,000 oil and gas wells have been drilled in the commonwealth. But the process that produced the first 347,000 wells bears little resemblance to the one that drilled the last few thousand into the 380 million-year-old Marcellus Shale.

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Local projects boosted by Heritage Foundation

02/27/11 Several Titusville area projects received a little help this week as they were awarded grants by the Crawford Heritage Community Foundation. The Titusville Woodlawn Cemetery received $2,000 to help with efforts to preserve the Edwin Drake Monument.

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