Patrick C. Boyle (1846-1920). Early oil scout and pioneering oil industry journalist, editor, and publisher. He owned and managed The Derrick newspaper and The Oil and Gas Journal, shaping them into nationally influential petroleum industry trade publications. The Derrick was printed near here.

opposite 2 Center St. (Methodist church) at Creekside Park, Oil City, PA, United States

Oil Well Supply Company. Founded nearby in 1878, it was a leading manufacturer of oil well machinery and supplies, serving the oil industry across the globe. By the early 1900s, employment peaked at 2,000. In 1930 it became a subsidiary of U.S. Steel.

East Front St. (U.S. 62) & East First St., Oil City, PA, United States

Joseph Reid Gas Engine Company. Founded in Oil City, 1894, it produced engines for pumping oil wells. Its popular single piston engine was used worldwide by the oil industry. The company closed in 1939.

Intersection of Main St. (Pa. 8), Halyday St. & Petroleum St., Oil City, PA, United States

John Dewey. After graduation from the University of Vermont in 1879, the noted philosopher, liberal, and advocate of progressive education (1859-1952) taught for the first two years of his distinguished career at Oil City's first high school, located on this site.

Central Ave. & W. 4th St., Oil City, PA, United States

Jacob J. Vandergrift. A leader in transforming the shipment of oil-by river, by rail, and ultimately by pipeline. Vandergrift arrived in Oil City, 1861, as a river captain. Beginning in 1868, Vandergrift, Forman & Co., laid miles of pipe to move oil from wells to shipping depots. In 1877 he consolidated much of the oil pipeline industry into his United Pipe Lines, which he merged in 1881, into the National Transit Co., part of Rockefeller's Standard Oil holdings.

Justus Park, Oil City, PA, United States

Col. Francis "Gabby" Gabreski (1919-2002). A US Air Force pilot, he was a leading fighter ace during WWII and the Korean War. He taught fighter tactics to his pilots as squadron commander. He was highly decorated by the US and its allied partners. The son of Polish immigrants, he was born and raised in Oil City.

410 Seneca St., Oil City, PA, United States

Charles Lockhart (1818-1905). The largest crude oil refiner in Pittsburgh in the 1860s. Lockhart, Frew & Co. merged its seven refineries with Standard Oil in 1874. Lockhart served on the board, managing 80% of US oil refining, transport, and marketing. One of the original firm's offices was here.

222 Center St., Oil City, PA, United States