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Oil War of 1872

Uprising of Pennsylvania oil producers against the South Improvement Company.

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Dates
1872
Place
Titusville, Pennsylvania

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  1. 1872 Oil War of 1872
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  1. The History of the Standard Oil Company (2 vols.), Ida M. Tarbell, McClure, Phillips & Co. (text via Project Gutenberg #60692), 1904. Scholarship & press
    the Oil War of 1872 was an uprising against an injustice
    Of the twenty-six refineries, at least twenty-one sold out. From a capacity of probably not over 1,500 barrels of crude a day, the Standard Oil Company rose in three months’ time to one of 10,000 barrels.
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