Drake Drills for Oil Louis Wolfe Illustrated by David Hodges Hardback Book 1965

Drake Drills for Oil by Louis Wolfe Illustrated by David Hodges Hardback Book 1965 Ex-library with excellent library hardcover binding. See photos for sample of condition. Binding is tight. Extremely hard to find book long out of print. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York. From the Building America history educational children’s book series. Seneca Oil Company, originally called the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company, was founded by George Bissell and Jonathan Eveleth. They created the company after hearing of reports of petroleum collected from an oil spring in Titusville, Pennsylvania, Edwin Laurentine Drake (March 29, 1819 – November 9, 1880), also known as Colonel Drake, was a Freemason and an American businessman and the first American to successfully drill for oil. James Townsend, President of the Seneca Oil Company, sent Drake to the site in 1858.