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Oil City (minor League Baseball) Players
Oil City may refer to: Canada * Oil City (Alberta) * Oil City, Ontario United States *Casper, Wyoming, nicknamed "The Oil City" * Oil City, California, community in Kern County, California * Oil City, Kentucky, community in Barren County, Kentucky * Oil City, Louisiana, town in Caddo Parish, Louisiana * Oil City, Maryland, small community in Caroline County, Maryland * Oil City, Michigan, small community in Midland County, Michigan * Oil City, Missouri, community in Chariton County, Missouri * Oil City, Mississippi, community in Yazoo County, Mississippi * Oil City, Oklahoma, small community in Carter County, Oklahoma * Oil City, Stephens County, Oklahoma, community in Stephens County, Oklahoma * Oil City, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, small community in Cambria County, Pennsylvania * Oil City, Pennsylvania, city in Venango County, Pennsylvania * Oil City, Texas, community in Hutchinson County, Texas * Oil City, Washington, community in Jefferson County, Washington * Oil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oil City (Alberta)
Oil City is an epithet in the province of Alberta, Canada, derived from the province's first major oil well and subsequently used to refer to Northern Albertan cities such as Edmonton and Fort McMurray. The epithet has been employed in the branding of businesses throughout the province, and as of 2021, yellow pages in Alberta show that at least twenty businesses continue to use the epithet in their business names. Waterton In 1892, the site of western Canada's first producing oil well in Waterton Lakes National Park was named Oil City. Oil was struck just over 300 meters below the surface. Although the site was named in 1892, it was not until 1901 that extensive extraction took place under the leadership of Allan P. Patrick and John Leeson with the Rocky Mountain Development Company. By 1906 the oil well had stopped producing. In 2010, Ernest George Mardon wrote that "Oil City in Waterton National Park was a thriving community in 1902, but has totally disappeared." In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |