Burning Springs Complex - Burning Springs WV
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Burning Springs Complex, also known as the Rathbone and Karns Wells, is a national historic district located at Burning Springs, Wirt County, West Virginia.
Waymark Code: WM19XQ8
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 05/05/2024
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From Wikipedia:
"Burning Springs Complex, also known as the Rathbone and Karns Wells, is a national historic district located at Burning Springs, Wirt County, West Virginia. It encompasses one contributing building and three contributing sites. It was historically viewed as the world's second great oil field, after the Drake Well in Pennsylvania. However, more recent scholarship including the PBS documentary Burning Springs shows it predates the Drake Well by a number of years. During the American Civil War, it was destroyed by General William E. Jones on May 9, 1863."
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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