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STATE HISTORICAL MARKERS
~ VENANGO COUNTY ~

PITHOLE
- Erected July 1986 (revised the 1954 marker)
located at the intersection of PA 227 and SR 1006, 5.6 miles southwest of Pleasantville.

Created in 1865 by the discovery of oil. Within a few months it was a boom town of 15,000 with banks, churches, hotels, newspaper, post office, water system, and railroad. Oil wells began to go dry in less than a year, and in time only excavations and street lines remained. Site is about two miles northeast.

Donated by Penny Haylett Minnick
pictures ; Penny Haylett Minnick