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Happy Birthday, Col. Drake

Mar 29th, 2007 | By | Category: Oil
HAS IT REALLY been 188 years? It seems like only yesterday that Edwin Drake was born on March 29, 1819 in Greenville, New York. "Tempus fugit," as I learned in Latin class long ago. And it seems like not very long ago that the good Col. Drake pounded down his oil ...read more

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Edwin Drake: The Ghost of Colonel Drake

Nov 27th, 2004 | By | Category: Oil
Byron King tells us about the vital role one "Colonel" Edwin Drake played in the drilling of the first oil well in the United States. "The world of the 1850s was a place of raw animal power, supplemented on occasion with energy derived from wind, burning wood, falling water or hard-won ...read more

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