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East, Pennsylvania

Pithole PA

Oil-boom ghost city

Old dump ground Inferred from historyRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Oil-boom era: whiskeys, bitters, patent medicines with an 1865-70 ceiling..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1865-1877

Pithole's 500-days-from-field-to-city story is documented; the site is state-interpreted.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Old wells and cellar holes in the woods.

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