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  • Pithole, Pennsylvania, 1895

Uncovering America’s First Oil Landscape

In Pennsylvania’s Oil Creek Valley, the messy legacy of the country’s first petroleum boom.

Jake Maynard2022-09-07T16:39:42-04:00June 7, 2022|
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  • Shook - Chicago Avenue, East Chicago

East Chicago’s Failed Utopian Visions

A century ago, East Chicago, Indiana drafted its ideal future. Here's how that went.

Emiliano Aguilar2021-10-29T16:09:32-04:00July 1, 2021|
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  • Njie - Oil Boom Collage

The Long Tail of Indiana’s Oil and Gas Boom

The state’s early industry remade more than the landscape.

Ava Tomasula y Garcia2021-09-21T13:43:49-04:00May 28, 2021|
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  • Tarbell - Library of Congress

Ida Tarbell: Reporting the Oil Region

An excerpt from "Citizen Reporters."

Stephanie Gorton2020-03-13T11:20:25-04:00March 3, 2020|
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  • Ida Tarbell Standard Oil Cover

Ida Tarbell and the Spirit of Reform

By Elizabeth Catte How Ida Tarbell came to write The History of the Standard Oil Company—her landmark 1904 muckraking exposé [...]

Elizabeth Catte2018-11-13T14:52:19-05:00October 5, 2018|
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