The discovery of oil flowing from a well in the wilds of northwestern Pennsylvania shook the modern world in 1859. Refined as kerosene for lamps, a lubricant fo

In 1859, Edwin L. Drake drilled an opening into the western Pennsylvania earth, forever altering the global landscape. The petroleum treasure buried underneath

Volume includes "28 [i.e. 27] Woodburytype illustrations from photographs, the frontispiece is of early wells and the remainder are portraits. American Photo-Re