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Edwin Drake

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Driller associated with the first successful commercial oil well near Titusville in 1859.

Also appears as: Colonel Drake · Drake · Edwin Drake

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In the book

Ch. 5, ¶1 Ch. 5, ¶4 Ch. 5, ¶5 Ch. 5, ¶7 Ch. 5, ¶8 Ch. 5, ¶18 Ch. 6, ¶14 Ch. 6, ¶18 Ch. 6, ¶45 Ch. 9, ¶23 Ch. 13, ¶64 Ch. 16, ¶1

All 16 source references

Shared passages

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Pennsylvania · 9 shared paragraphs · Ch. 5, ¶1

John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · 7 shared paragraphs · Ch. 5, ¶7

Oil Creek · 5 shared paragraphs · Ch. 5, ¶1

Titusville · 5 shared paragraphs · Ch. 5, ¶4

Standard Oil · 5 shared paragraphs · Ch. 5, ¶8

Cleveland · 4 shared paragraphs · Ch. 5, ¶7

Seneca Oil · 2 shared paragraphs · Ch. 5, ¶1

Oil Regions · 2 shared paragraphs · Ch. 5, ¶18

Civil War · 2 shared paragraphs · Ch. 6, ¶14

London · 2 shared paragraphs · Ch. 6, ¶18

United States · 2 shared paragraphs · Ch. 16, ¶1

William Avery Rockefeller · 1 shared paragraphs · Ch. 5, ¶1

All 66 shared-passage connections

Automatic suggestions

Unverified verb connections; read the source before interpreting them as facts.

Edwin Drake · arrive · Titusville · Ch. 5, ¶5

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Drake, Edwin — 73, 74, 76, 80, 101, 110,

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