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Map of the Oil District

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Publication Title: Colton's Map Of The Oil District Of West Virginia And Ohio, 1865

Publisher: J.H. Colton, New York

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Caption: 1864 map showing the oil discoveries on the Little Kanawha River in West Virginia and Buck Creek in Ohio. View full size

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Courtesy Of: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

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