The Russell or Hequembourg well, across the river from the village, was the best known and this well struck oil August 13. In Warren County the biggest drilling activity centered at Tidioute and by July 1860 more than sixty wells were being drilled. Wallace for his land in Deerfield Township, just above Tidioute along the Allegheny River, to Emerson King of Titusville who assigned the lease to J.

The earliest oil lease, that has been found, in Warren County was given by W. The well was the first to be drilled in Warren County but proved to be unsuccessful as it was a dry well. The next day a rough derrick of four twenty-foot scantlings was constructed, a spring pole erected, the drilling tools attached, and thus on August 31, four days after Drake found oil, the world’s second well drilled specifically for petroleum was commenced. After giving the matter some thought, Dennis replied, “Well, I think, by God, I can do it if anyone can.” Dennis and asked him if he thought he could provide the tools for putting down a well and do the actual drilling. The following morning he called on Henry H. He rode his horse to the Campbell Farm along Gordon Run and purchased thirty acres of land for $300 because an oil spring was located on it.

He reasoned that if Drake had found oil in Titusville he might be able to find oil at Tidioute. Among those in the store who listened to the story was twenty-two year old John L.

Two days after Drake’s well came in, Colonel Robinson of Titusville rode his horse over to Tidioute where he halted at Samuel Grandin’s general store and related what had taken place in Titusville. * On August 27, 1859, Edwin L Drake “struck oil” near Titusville Pa.

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