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" In the northern parts of Pennsylvania there is a creek called Oil Creek, which empties itself into the Allegheny river, issuing from a spring, on the top of which floats an oil, similar to what is called Barbadoes' tar, and from which may be collected... "
Geography Made Easy: Being an Abridgement of the American Universal ... - Page 171
by Jedidiah Morse - 1814 - 364 pages
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Geography Made Easy: Being an Abridgement of the American Universal ...

Jedidiah Morse - 1818 - 384 pages
...northern part «ft !t« state is a small creek, emptying into Allegany river, called Oil Creek. It issues from a spring, on the top of which floats an oil, similar to that called Rarbadoes tar, from which one man may gather several gallons in a day. There are several curious caves...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 16

1823 - 872 pages
...a creek, called Oil creek, which empties into the Alleghany river. It issues from a spring, on ihe top of which floats an oil similar to that called Barbadoes tar, and from which one man may gather several gallons in a day. The troops sent to guard the western posts...
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PETROLEUM

REV. S. J. M. EATON - 1866 - 310 pages
...Pennsylvania there is a creek called Oil creek, which empties itself into the Allegheny river, issuing from a spring, on the top of which floats an oil similar to what is called Barbadoes Tar, and from which may be collected by one man several gallons in a day....
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Petroleum: a History of the Oil Region of Venango County, Pennsylvania: Its ...

Samuel John Mills Eaton - 1866 - 324 pages
...Pennsylvania there is a creek called Oil creek, which empties itself into the Allegheny river, issuing from a spring, on the top of which floats an oil similar to what is called Barbadoes Tar, and from •which may be collected by one man several gallons in a day....
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The American Naturalist, Volume 6

1872 - 830 pages
...Pennsylvania, there is a creek called Oil Creek, which empties into the Alleghany river, It issues from a spring, on the top of which floats an oil similar to that called Barbadoes tar ; and from which one man may gather several gallons in a day. The troops sent to guard the western...
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The American Naturalist, Volume 6

1872 - 824 pages
...Pennsylvania, there is a creek called Oil Creek, which empties into the Alleghany river, It issues from a spring, on the top of which floats an oil similar to thatculled Barbadoes tar; ami from which one man may gather several gallons in a day. The troops sent...
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Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Volumes 4-5

1873 - 840 pages
...of Pennsylvania there is a creek called Oil Creek which empties into the Alleghany River. It issues from a spring, on the top of which floats an oil similar to that called Barbadoes tar ; and from which one man may gather several gallons in a day. The troops sent to guard the Western...
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The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Volume 3

John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - 1879 - 862 pages
...Pennsylvania, " there is a Creek called Oil Creek which empties into the Allegheny River. It issues from a spring, on the top of which floats an oil similar to that called Barbadoes tar, and from which one may gather several gallons a day. The troops sent to guard the Western posts halted...
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Oddities of Colonial Legislation in America: As Applied to the Public Lands ...

John Brown Dillon - 1879 - 822 pages
...Oil creek, which empties into that river about one hundred miles from Pittsburg. This creek issues from a spring on the top of which floats an oil similar to that called Barbadoes tar, and is found in such quantities that a person may gather several gallons a day. The oil is said to...
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Magazine of Western History, Volume 9

1888 - 1032 pages
...Pennsylvania there is a creek called Oil creek, which empties itself into the Allegheny river, issuing from a spring, on the top of which floats an oil, similar to what is called Barbadoes' tar, and from which may be collected by one man several gallons in a day....
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