Cherry Grove Mystery Well
Pennsylvania drillers kept oil production from the 1882 Warren County well a closely guarded secret.
Anyone interested in Pennsylvania petroleum history should not miss the celebration at Cherry Grove every June. This small community of oil patch historians annually celebrates its 19th-century oil discovery with the Cherry Grove Old Home and Community Day.
Oil prices plunged in 1882 when oil production from the Pennsylvania “mystery well” was finally revealed. Daily production from the oilfield discovery well — drilled on lot 646 in the wilderness of Warren County — had been a closely guarded secret. (more…)
