This presentation is by David Stewart on Bowling Green's rich oil history. A brief introduction on when the oil boom happened in Bowling Green KY.

1. David Stewart on Bowling
Green’s Oil History
Learn about Bowling Green’s Great Oil History

2. David Stewart Bowling Green Oil History
Kentucky probably isn’t the first state in the USA that
springs to mind when you think “oil.”
But Kentucky has a rich history in the oil business.

3. David Stewart Bowling Green Oil History
The state’s wealth of natural resources has been there
for millions of years, but the industry really took off in
the state towards the beginning of the 20th century.
Bowling Green Kentucky became the center of a five-
county oil boom In the late-1910s.

4. David Stewart Bowling Green Oil History
In 1919, oil was discovered
near Pellville in Hancock
County, and that fortuitous
discovery set off an oil
boom in the western part
of the state. Once news got
out that there was oil in
Kentucky, people from
around the country were
flocking to the state in
hopes of buying land rich
with oil.

5. David Stewart Bowling Green Oil History
After the oil rush occurred, some people in the state banded
together to form organizations to ensure that people from out
of state and current residents would benefit from the newly-
discovered crude.
The Western Kentucky Oil Men’s Association and their eastern
Kentucky counterpart were formed to protect oil interests in
both regions of the state, but eventually the two groups merged
into the Kentucky Oil and Gas Association in 1930.

6. David Stewart Bowling Green Oil History
Learn more about Bowling Green KY’s
rich oil history here:
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oil-gas-industry-kentucky/
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