Oil Region National Heritage Area

Oil Region National Heritage Area is a federally designated National Heritage Area in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania . The national heritage area commemorates and promotes the region surrounding Edwin Drake 's oil well of 1859 near Titusville , which gave rise to the modern oil industry. ^[1]

The national heritage area includes all of Venango County and a portion of Crawford County , including Titusville and Oil Creek Township , ^[1] in and around the Oil Creek valley. ^[2]

The Oil Region National Heritage Area was established by Public Law 108-447 in 2004. It is administered by the Oil Region Alliance. ^[3]

The Drake Well Museum ^[4]^[5] and Oil Creek State Park are located in this region

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b "PA Oil Heritage Region" . Oil Region Alliance . Retrieved 24 April 2012 .
^ Shaw, L. C.; W. F. Busch (June 1984). Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams, Part II . Water Resources Bulletin. Vol. 16. Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey . Harrisburg, PA : Pennsylvania Department of Forest and Waters. p. 270.
^ "Authorizing Legislation" . Oil Region Alliance . Retrieved 24 April 2012 .
^ " "Drake Well" " . Friends of Drake Well, Inc. and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission . Retrieved 2007-11-09 .
^ "Pennsylvania Trail of History" . Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15 . Retrieved 2007-11-09 .

External links [ edit ]

Oil Regional National Heritage Area official website

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[ornha2-1] "PA Oil Heritage Region" . Oil Region Alliance . Retrieved 24 April 2012 .

[gazetteer-2] Shaw, L. C.; W. F. Busch (June 1984). Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams, Part II . Water Resources Bulletin. Vol. 16. Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey . Harrisburg, PA : Pennsylvania Department of Forest and Waters. p. 270.

[ornha1-3] "Authorizing Legislation" . Oil Region Alliance . Retrieved 24 April 2012 .

[4] " "Drake Well" " . Friends of Drake Well, Inc. and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission . Retrieved 2007-11-09 .

[phmc-5] "Pennsylvania Trail of History" . Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15 . Retrieved 2007-11-09 .

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