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George Bissell was an attorney and oil industry pioneer who in 1854, with J.G. Eveleth, purchased the Hibbard Farm, the future site of Drake Well. Later that year, they organized Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company, America's first oil corporation. Bissell, with partners, also developed Petroleum Centre and United Petroleum Farms at Oil City.
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