Oil Region Reminiscences Souvenir (Soft Cover)

$20.00

Description

1907 Reprint by the Oil Men’s Association of Butler County with new every-name, business, and locality index by the Butler County Genealogical Society

This reproduction of the souvenir book, developed for the 21st reunion of the Oil Men of Western Pennsylvania in 1907, preserves many of the scenes, as well as incidents, of those formative years of oil production. Personal accounts tell of the boomtowns and wells of the lower Butler field and surrounding areas, evolution of oil well machinery, development of the drilling business, and even the old school days of Butler. Illustrations, black and white photos. 173 pages, soft cover.

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