Pithole, the Vanished City: A Story of the Early Days of the Petroleum Industry

viii, 252 pp. Pennsylvania's fabulous ghost town. Born in the wilderness, 1865; died 1877. The most famous of all oil boom towns. Within three months a lusty, isolated, unorganized community of nearly 20,000 people, yet provided with hotels, businesses and professions worthy of a thriving city. Played a key role in the early development of the petroleum industry; pipelines, the oilman's barrel and rotary drilling. Today, not a single building remains. Here is a faithful documented chronicle of Pithole, illustrated with contemporary photographs.--jacket