Wells were drilled and some oil secured, and in the height of the excitement the beginning of a village was started near the well on the farm of T. H. Young. A large hotel was erected, and a large name devised for the town which was to grow up there, but Oil City is now only a memory and a name. There is no doubt as to the quality of the oil, but the business was brought to an untimely stop by the breakage of a drill which the workmen were unable to recover, and which not only stopped the work, but prevented the flowage of the oil to any paying extent. Efforts are now being made to push the prospecting until the “ “find” is demonstrated success or failure. **To Be Continued**

Notes & Sources:
W. H. Perrin, History of Crawford and Clark Counties, O. L. Baskin & Co., 1883 Transcribed by L. K Ortman