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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Black Gold: Back to Start
People Foreign Drillers Equiptment Oil Heritage Oil Museum Fun Stuff

 

 

Black gold team 2001--- Angela Beaudrow, Jonathan Piitz, Tammy Auranen --- omcchin@ebtech.net

 

 William Henry McGarvey

 

William McGarvey

William H. McGarvey

William McGarvey arrived in Petrolia in 1860. He came from Wyoming, Ontario to set up his own business, The Mammoth Store. McGarvey would eventually travel to Europe in search of oil and would become known as the "Petroleum King of Austria."

Follow McGarvey's story as one of the first "Hard Oilers" to travel the globe. Learn about McGarvey's link to royalty, his contributions to the First World War, his brother's brutal murder, and his sadness during his final days.



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