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By Craig Baker, January 30, 2018
Remains of Well, between the markers
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1 California, Los Angeles County, Santa Clarita, Stevenson Ranch — 516 — First Commercial Oil Well In CaliforniaPico #4
On this site stands CSO-4 (Pico #4), California's first commerically productive well. It was spudded in early 1876, under the direction of Demetrius G. Scofield, later to become first president of Standard Oil Company of California, and was . . . Map (db m157684) HM
2 California, Los Angeles County, Santa Clarita, Stevenson Ranch — 516-2 — Mentryville
Mentryville, named after Charles Alexander Mentry, who drilled California's first successful commercial oil well in 1876, was one of the first oil towns in the state. Mentry's restored home, barn and Felton School remain on the site where the . . . Map (db m165661) HM
3 California, Los Angeles County, Santa Clarita, Newhall — 172 — Pioneer Oil Refinery← 3 Miles
In 1875 the Star Oil Company, one of the predecessors of the Standard Oil Company of California, drilled its first Pico Canyon well, which yielded about one hundred barrels per day. The discovery resulted in the erection of the first commercial oil . . . Map (db m145418) HM
4 California, Los Angeles County, Santa Clarita, Newhall — 172 — Pioneer Oil Refinery
California's first oil refinery operated on a commercial scale, erected 1876. Restored by the Standard Oil Company of California in 1930 as a memorial to D. G. Scofield and his pioneer associates of the California Star Oil Works company, a . . . Map (db m165742) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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