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Dedicated: Wednesday, May 01, 2013
County: Venango
Marker Type: City

Location: opposite 2 Center St. (Methodist church) at Creekside Park, Oil City

Marker Text: Early oil scout and pioneering oil industry journalist, editor, and publisher. He owned and managed The Derrick newspaper and The Oil and Gas Journal, shaping them into nationally influential petroleum industry trade publications. The Derrick was printed near here.

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