The Birthplace of the
Petroleum Industry
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West of the Mississippi River. In this well, drilled by H. G. Johnston, E. H. Akin, and Charles Rittersbacher under contract for a water well for the city of Corsicana in 1894, the first oil in commercial quantities in the mid-continent area was discovered at 1035 feet. (1936)
Marker No: 11622
Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker
Geographic: 32.987719,-96.465279
Location: In Petroleum Industry Park, 400 Block of South 12th Street, Corsicana
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