This recording features the History of the Pennsylvania Oil region told in the form of story and tale. The history covered on this recording is both chronological and in the form of a good story. Events that do not have enough meat on them to make a good tale are not be covered, unless several were able to be linked together to make one long story.
Some of the events to be covered on this recording are:
- Drake's Well
- The True Story of Rail & Co's Number 9 Well
- The Moonlighter's War
- The Pipeliner's War
- The Great Fire and Flood
- The Inventions that came out of the Region
The oil history included on this recording was selected to reflect both the theme of the recording and to help carry the listener back to a time when the spoken word was a major form of entertainment.
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