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Oleum & The Southern Tier Boom Town That Bears Its Name

By Stephen L. Cocca - November 18, 2019

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Cattaraugus County was part of a regional oil boom that dotted the landscape with a forest of wooden derricks and tanks.

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