PA had the first oilwell in the US

The first oil well in the US was drilled by Colonel Edwin Drake. The city was Titusville, PA. The year was 1859.

Colonel Drake was not the first to drill for oil in North America. That happened in 1858 in Ontario, Canada. And he was not the first to strike oil in the US or PA or even in Titusville. Others had struck oil while looking for other things, such as water. Finding oil instead usually meant that the well was abandoned.

Colonel Drake drilled where he did because Titusville was known for oil seeps and for other wells that had accidentally struck oil. Smart man. He struck oil at a mere 69 feet down.

Pennsylvania was producing oil way before Texas, Oklahoma, and California.

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