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.
Forget about first-hand accounts of Jesse James’ time in the Ponca Hills. But the stories about the James gang — fact and fiction — tie into Pries Lake.
There are a handful of "ghost towns" in Pennsylvania. The reasoning for the towns being referred to as such isn't too mystical. The state has a lot of industrial history, and with that comes industrial small-towns whose populations come and go.