Black plaque № 45190

Whitley City, KY, United States

First Kentucky Oil Well. In 1818, Marcus Huling and Andrew Zimmerman were drilling salt wells along South Fork of Cumberland River. On land leased from Martin Beaty they struck oil. Attempts to market it downriver were not successful, so oil was barreled and carted away for medicinal use. This was t

he first commercial oil well; its production reached one hundred barrels daily. See over. (Reverse) Martin Beaty (Beatty) - First came to this area in 1817 and bought land on the South Fork. Besides o

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