Around Titusville

Straddling Crawford, Venango, and Warren Counties in northwestern Pennsylvania, Titusville was founded by surveyor and land agent Jonathan Titus in 1796. Most of Titusville's growth stemmed from the completion of the world's first successful commercially drilled oil well by Edwin L. Drake and William A. Smith in August 1859; but petroleum was not the only major factor in the town's economy. Significant developments in agriculture, steel production, boiler and radiator manufacturing, defense and aerospace-related contracting, plastics, textiles, and cutlery manufacturing have also taken place in Oil Creek Valley.

Author: David L. Weber

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions

Publication Date: Aug 11, 2004

Number of Pages: 130 pages

Binding: Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10: 1531621252

ISBN-13: 9781531621254