» Read discussion on Edwin Drake 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.
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.
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.
11/23/09 WASHINGTON -- What city contributed most to the making of the modern world? The Paris of the Enlightenment and then of Napoleon, pioneer of mass armies and nationalist statism? London, seat of parliamentary democracy and center of finance? Or perhaps Titusville, Pa. Oil seeping from the ground there was collected for medicinal purposes -- until Edwin Drake drilled and 150 years ago -- Aug. 27 ...
11/15/09 On August 27, 1859, Edwin Drake discovered a pool of crude oil at a depth of 69 feet near Titusville, Pa. Petroleum soon replaced whale oil in lamps and as a lubricant. It quickly revolutionized the way we lived. It dramatically changed the world.
11/14/09 On August 27, 1859, Edwin Drake discovered a pool of crude oil at a depth of 69 feet near Titusville
09/21/09 It's been 150 years since Edwin Drake struck oil near Titusville, transforming doubters into believers at a depth of 69 feet. That well spawned thousands of others in western Pennsylvania, launching the world's first oil boom and an industry that changed everything.
09/02/09 TITUSVILLE, Pennsylvania, Sept 3, (AFP) - One hundred and fifty years ago this week in a small Pennsylvania town an indefatigable businessman struck oil, changing the world forever. Boring a pipe deep into the Titusville ground, Edwin Drake drew black crude to the surface, in a process that would be copied all over the world and mark the dawn of the Petroleum Age. The method, inspired by salt ...
08/31/09 It's hard to believe a major part of the oil age began only 150 years ago on the other side of the state from here, in what became known as Oilcreek Township, Venango County, when Edwin Drake struck oil Aug. 27, 1859.
08/28/09 Hundreds of people converged Thursday on Drake Well Park and Museum for the Drake Day Extravaganza. The event was held to celebrate Col. Edwin Drake's drilling of the first commercial oil well 150 years ago on Aug. 27, 1859.
08/27/09 It was 150 years ago Thursday that Edwin Drake sunk the first oil well in America, signaling a major shift in the way the humans use energy. Now, we're facing another transition as the world's cheap oil runs out. | 
