Near Titusville in Venango County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Drake Well Park
Photographed by Forest McDermott, October 25, 2009
1. Drake Well Park Marker
Erected 1948 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is August 27, 1859.
Location. 41° 36.692′ N, 79° 39.452′ W. Marker is near Titusville, Pennsylvania, in Venango County. It is on Drake Well Road (Pennsylvania Route 1011). Museum Lane at Drake Well Museum. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Titusville PA 16354, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Samuel Van Syckel (within shouting distance of this marker); Drake Well (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Drake Well (approx. 0.8 miles away); Gulf (approx. 0.8 miles away); Sun Oil Co./Sunoco (approx. 0.8 miles away); Union 76 Gasoline (approx. 0.8 miles away); Spindletop (approx. 0.8 miles away); Exxon (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Titusville.
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Photographed by Forest McDermott, October 25, 2009
2. Drake Well Park Marker
The replica of Drake's Well can be seen to the left of the marker.
Library of Congress
3. The First Oil Well
Reproduction, copyrighted in 1890, of a retouched photograph showing Edwin L. Drake, to the right, and the Drake Well in the background, in Titusville, Pennsylvania, where the first commercial well was drilled in 1859 to find oil.
Internet Archive
4. Edwin L. Drake
From Around the World with a Camera, Leslie-Judge Company, 1919.
Photographed by Forest McDermott, October 25, 2009
5. Drake Well Park Museum
The marker is located to the right out of the frame.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 29, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 13, 2011, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 809 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 13, 2011, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. 3, 4. submitted on October 18, 2020, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 5. submitted on December 13, 2011, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
