Near Oil City in Venango County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Pithole

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 1, 2013

1. Pithole Marker

Inscription. Created in 1865 by the discovery of oil. Within a few months it was a boom town of 15,000 with banks, churches, hotels, newspaper, post office, water system, and railroad. Oil wells began to go dry in less than a year, and in time only excavations and street lines remained. Site is about two miles northeast.

Erected 1986 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1865.

Location. 41° 31.031′ N, 79° 37.137′ W. Marker is near Oil City, Pennsylvania, in Venango County. It is at the intersection of Rouseville Road (Pennsylvania Route 227) and Pithole Road, on the right when traveling east on Rouseville Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Oil City PA 16301, 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Oil Pipeline (approx. 1.7 miles away); Pithole City (approx. 2 miles away); a different marker also named Pithole (approx. 2 miles away); Humboldt Refinery (approx. 2.8 miles away);

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Coy Coquette Locates Gusher (approx. 3.2 miles away); Hyde & Egbert Farm, and the McCray Tract (approx. 3.2 miles away); Toll Bridge (approx. 3.3 miles away); Wildcat Hollow (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oil City.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 1, 2013

2. Pithole Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 679 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 1, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.