When:
August 27, 2017 all-day
2017-08-27T00:00:00-06:00
2017-08-28T00:00:00-06:00
Where:
http://www.drakewell.org/
Aug 27, 1859. W.A. Uncle Billy Smith discovered oil in a shaft being sunk by Colonel E.L. Drake at Titusville, in western Pennsylvania. Drilling had reached 69 feet 6 inches, when Smith saw a dark film floating on the water below the derrick floor. Soon 20 barrels of crude were being pumped each day. The first oil was refined to make kerosene for lighting, replacing whale oil. Later it was refined to make gasoline for cars. The first gas station opened in 1907.
