“This beginning part is not made out of anybody’s head; it’s real.”—Dickens.
“Some ships come into port that are not steered.”—Seneca.
“God has placed in his great bank—mother earth—untold wealth and many a poor man’s check has been honored here for large amounts of oil.”—T. S. Scoville, A. D. 1861.
“Ain’t that well spittin’ oil?”—Small Boy, A. D. 1863.
“Wonderful, most wonderful, marvelous, most marvelous, are the stories told of the oil-region. It is another California.”—John W. Forney, A. D. 1863.
“Derricks peered up behind the houses of Oil City, like dismounted steeples, and oil was pumping in the back-yards.”—London Post, A. D. 1865.
“From this place and from this day henceforth commences a new era.”—Goethe.
“The chandelier drives off with its splendor the darkness of night.”—Henry Stanton.
“The onlookers were struck dumb with astonishment.”—Charles Kingsley.
“Either I will find a way or make one.”—Norman Proverb.