Ryan Hilton·Feb 16, 2025Oil Boom Fortunes: From Poverty to Riches in 1865A Big Thing in Oil Speculation
Ryan Hilton·Jan 18, 20251865 Oil Boom: Pithole Creek’s Great Well and Oil ExcitementThis Day in Oil History
Ryan Hilton·Jan 5, 2025Life in the Oil Regions: Jan. 5, 1870Stories from the January 5, 1870, issue of the Titusville Herald
Ryan Hilton·Dec 21, 2024This Day in Oil History: The Oil Rush in Tidioute (Dec. 21, 1860)Wonders of the Oil Region
Ryan Hilton·Dec 11, 2024This Day in Oil History: Dec. 11, 1865Pithole’s Theatre, Elections & Improvements
Ryan Hilton·Dec 10, 2024Today on Dec. 10, 1870: A Story About ‘Coal Oil Johnny’On Dec. 10, 1870, the Titusville Herald ran a story about “Coal Oil Johnny,” heir to the McClintock Farm’s oil fortune and symbol of…
Rashmee Roshan Lall·Dec 22, 2023Funnily, Angola’s Isabel dos Santos gives hope for 2024The ongoing saga of Isabel dos Santos, Africa’s first female billionaire, took me right back to January 2017.A response icon2A response icon2
Blaire Briody·Sep 26, 2017What It’s Really Like for Farmers in America’s Fracking TownsDonny Nelson didn’t want oil wells in his backyard…but that didn’t stop the companies from coming in.
