Early Oil Wells Historic Marker on U. S. Route 50 in Ritchie County, W. Va.
Identifier:
030871
Collection Number:
A&M 927, Summers Family Papers
Title:
Early Oil Wells Historic Marker on U. S. Route 50 in Ritchie County, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
"Early Oil Wells--To the south, birthplace of West Virginia's oil industry. On Hughes River oil was found in gravel beds in 1810. As "bank oil," a medicine, Bushrod Creel sold 100 barrels of it per year in 1836. Volcano was one of first boom oil towns."
Subjects:
Historic Markers., Historical markers--West Virginia--Ritchie County., Petroleum industry and trade--West Virginia.
