Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Preface 5
3. CHAPTER I. HAULING OIL ON SLEDS 7
4. CHAPTER II. STAGING BEFORE RAILROADS WERE A BLESSING TO OIL CITY 9
5. CHAPTER III. OIL CREEK POND "FRESH." 12
6. CHAPTER IV. PITHOLE HOTEL AND LIVERY CHARGES 14
7. CHAPTER V. GEN. BURNSIDE'S RAILROAD. 16
8. CHAPTER VI. JAMES S. McCRAY 19
9. CHAPTER VII. THE GRANDINS AND J. B. WHITE. 24
10. CHAPTER VIII. NARROW ESCAPE FROM BEING A BLOATED BONDHOLDER. 27
11. CHAPTER IX. THE LUMBER BUSINESS IN PARKER CITY 29
12. CHAPTER X. JOHN GALEY AND THE ROBINSONS 33
13. CHAPTER XI. PARKER CITY. 36
14. CHAPTER XII. OIL CITY SIXTY YEARS AGO 39
15. CHAPTER XIII. JACK McCRAY 43
16. CHAPTER XIV. A GREEDY LANDLORD 46
17. CHAPTER XV. WHEN OIL CITY WAS A SHANTY TOWN 53
18. CHAPTER XVI. HIGH STANDARD OFFICIALS WHO ARE NATIVES OF BROKENSTRAW VALLEY. 56
19. CHAPTER XVII. BIG THINGS WHICH STARTED IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 60
20. CHAPTER XVIII. COULD NOT GIVE HIS ROCKY HILLSIDE AWAY 63
21. CHAPTER XIX. A PUBLIC SPIRITED AND SUCCESSFUL EDITOR 68
22. CHAPTER XX. SOMETHING ABOUT GAS. 72
23. CHAPTER XXI. YOUNGSVILLE'S PROSPECTS OF OIL AND GAS 75
24. CHAPTER XXII. BAD OIL SPECULATION 80
25. CHAPTER XXIII. H. P. KINNEAR AND THE I. O. O. F. 83
26. CHAPTER XXIV. OIL REGION INHABIT ANTS 88
27. CHAPTER XXV. PICKPOCKETS 92
28. CHAPTER XXVI. OLD TIME LUMBERMEN. 95
29. CHAPTER XXVII. NEW TIMES IN OILDOM 100
30. CHAPTER XXVIII. OLD TIME OIL TANKS 104
31. CHAPTER XXIX. STARVING ANIMALS 110
32. CHAPTER XXX. OLD TIME QUADRILLE BAND 114
33. CHAPTER XXXI. CHURCHES IN THE OLD TIMES. 118
34. CHAPTER XXXII. GOD BLESS THE SWEDES 123
35. CHAPTER XXXIII. YOUNGSVILLE FOUNDERS AND BUSINESS MEN 129
36. CHAPTER XXXIV. NEW TIMES IN OILDOM. 137
37. CHAPTER XXXV. "DUNC" KARNS AND "TOM" KING. 141
38. CHAPTER XXXVI. WARREN'S BIG MEN 145
39. CHAPTER XXXVII. WEST VIRGINIA EXPERIENCES 151
40. CHAPTER XXXVIII. RAMBLING RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LAST FIFTY YEARS IN THE OIL AND LUMBER COUNTRY. 158
41. CHAPTER XXXIX. INTERESTING LETTERS TO THE AUTHOR 164
42. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 167
43. CONTENTS 249