The historic Drake Well Museum and Park will host its annual Drake Day celebration on Sunday, August 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 ...

TITUSVILLE, Pa. — The Drake Well Marathon & Half is back for 2023. The popular race is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 20, beginning at 7 a.m. at Drake Well Museum and Park. Participants will experience ...

Drake Well MuseumVisitors to the Drake Well Museum near Titusville, Pa., see a demonstration of a replica steam engine and pump like those used in the world's first commercial oil well. DETAILS ...

Drake Well Museum admission for the event is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $5 for children through age 11. The family rate, for up to two adults and three children, is $20.

The Marcellus Shale drilling boom is bringing a lot of changes to Pennsylvania. But the drilling itself isn't one of them: the state hosted the world's very first oil well in 1859 in Titusville. A ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Find a penny, pick it up. All day long, you’ll have good luck. Or so goes the old saying. Now, organizers planning a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the nation’s oil ...

Drake’s well, known as the Drake Well, was a pivotal moment in American history. It struck oil at a depth of just 69.5 feet, producing around 20 barrels of oil per day at its peak.

153 years ago today, a hard-up wildcatter named Edwin Drake drilled the country's first oil well. But while the event itself was momentous, Drake's life remained tragic throughout.

Drake believed that drilling was the best way to extract petroleum, and as an agent of the Seneca Oil Co. of Connecticut, leased land near Titusville for the experiment. He adapted salt well drilling ...