Edwin Drake, 'Uncle Billy' Smith among those who helped create oil industry – Butler Eagle

The first oil well in the world was dug in northwestern Pennsylvania in 1859.
Less than 20 years later, the boom would make Butler County a world leader in oil production. Today the state is still k...

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