Chapter III: Appendix: Pages 1263–1406

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PORTRAIT OF JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFELLER IN 1904 _Frontispiece 1_

Born July 8, 1839.

FACING PAGE

PORTRAIT OF E. L. DRAKE 1008

In 1859 Drake drilled near Titusville,
Pennsylvania, the first artesian well put down
for petroleum. He is popularly said to have
“discovered oil.”

THE DRAKE WELL IN 1859—THE FIRST OIL WELL 1010

FAC-SIMILE OF A LABEL USED BY S. M. KIER IN
ADVERTISING ROCK-OIL OBTAINED IN DRILLING SALT WELLS
NEAR TARENTUM, PENNSYLVANIA 1034

FAGUNDUS—A TYPICAL OIL TOWN 1034

PORTRAIT OF JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IN 1872 1040

PORTRAIT OF W. G. WARDEN 1053

Secretary of the South Improvement Company.

PORTRAIT OF PETER H. WATSON 1053

President of the South Improvement Company.

PORTRAIT OF CHARLES LOCKHART 1053

A member of the South Improvement Company, and
later of the Standard Oil Company. At his death
in 1904 the oldest living oil operator.

PORTRAIT OF HENRY M. FLAGLER IN 1882 1053

Active partner of John D. Rockefeller in the oil
business since 1867. Officer of the Standard
Oil Company since its organization in 1870.

PORTRAIT OF THOMAS A. SCOTT 1060

The contract of the South Improvement Company
with the Pennsylvania Railroad was signed by
Mr. Scott, then vice-president of the road.

PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT 1060

The contract of the South Improvement Company
with the New York Central was signed by Mr.
Vanderbilt, then vice-president of the road.

PORTRAIT OF JAY GOULD 1060

President of the Erie Railroad in 1872. Signer of
the contract with the South Improvement
Company.

PORTRAIT OF COMMODORE CORNELIUS VANDERBILT 1060

President of the New York Central Railroad when
the contract with the South Improvement Company
was signed.

PORTRAIT OF JOHN D. ARCHBOLD IN 1872 1074

Now vice-president of the Standard Oil Company.
Mr. Archbold, whose home, in 1872, was in
Titusville, Pennsylvania, although one of the
youngest refiners of the Creek, was one of the
most active and efficient in breaking up the
South Improvement Company.

PORTRAIT OF HENRY H. ROGERS IN 1872 1088

Now president of the National Transit Company and
a director of the Standard Oil Company. The
opposition to the South Improvement Company
among the New York refiners was led by Mr.
Rogers.

PORTRAIT OF M. N. ALLEN 1110

Independent refiner of Titusville. Editor of the
_Courier_, an able opponent of the South
Improvement Company.

PORTRAIT OF JOHN FERTIG 1110

Prominent oil operator. Until 1893 active in
Producers’ and Refiners’ Company (independent).

PORTRAIT OF CAPT. WILLIAM HASSON 1110

President of the Petroleum Producers’ Association
of 1872.

PORTRAIT OF JOHN L. McKINNEY 1110

Prominent oil operator. Until 1889 an
independent. Now member of the Standard Oil
Company.

PORTRAIT OF JAMES S. TARR 1122

Owner of the “Tarr Farm,” one of the richest oil
territories on Oil Creek.

PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM BARNSDALL 1122

The second oil well on Oil Creek was put down by
Mr. Barnsdall.

PORTRAIT OF JAMES S. McCRAY 1122

Owner of the McCray Farm near Petroleum Centre.

PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM H. ABBOTT 1122

One of the most prominent of the early oil
producers, refiners and pipe-line operators.

FLEET OF OIL BOATS AT OIL CITY IN 1864 1136

PORTRAIT OF GEORGE H. BISSELL 1146

Founder of the first oil company in the United
States.

PORTRAIT OF JONATHAN WATSON 1146

One of the owners of the land on which the first
successful well was drilled for oil.

PORTRAIT OF SAMUEL KIER 1146

The first petroleum refined and sold for lighting
purpose was made by Mr. Kier in the ’50s in
Pittsburg.

PORTRAIT OF JOSHUA MERRILL 1146

The chemist and refiner to whom many of the most
important processes now in use in making
illuminating and lubricating oils are due.

PORTRAIT OF A. J. CASSATT IN 1877 1184

Third vice-president of the Pennsylvania Railroad
in charge of transportation when first contract
was made by that road with the Standard Oil
Company.

PORTRAIT OF GENERAL GEORGE B. McCLELLAN 1184

President of the Atlantic and Great Western
Railroad at the time of the South Improvement
Company. General McClellan did not sign the
contract.

PORTRAIT OF GENERAL JAMES H. DEVEREUX 1184

Who in 1868 as vice-president of the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern Railroad first granted
rebates to Mr. Rockefeller’s firm.

PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH D. POTTS 1184

President of the Empire Transportation Company.
Leader in the struggle between the Pennsylvania
Railroad and the Standard Oil Company in 1877.

WOODEN CAR TANKS 1212

BOILER TANK CARS 1212

WOODEN TANKS FOR STORING OIL 1212

RAILROAD TERMINAL OF AN EARLY PIPE LINE 1212

PORTRAIT OF E. G. PATTERSON 1248

From 1872 to 1880 the chief advocate in the Oil
Region of an interstate commerce law. Assisted
in drafting the bills of 1876 and 1880.
Abandoned the independent interests at the time
of the compromise of 1880.

PORTRAIT OF ROGER SHERMAN 1248

Chief counsel of the Petroleum Producers’ Union
from 1878 to 1880. From 1880 to 1885 counsel
for the Standard Oil Company. From 1885 to his
death in 1893 counsel of the allied
independents.

PORTRAIT OF BENJ. B. CAMPBELL 1248

President of the Petroleum Producers’ Union from
1878 to 1880. Independent refiner and operator
until his death.

PORTRAIT OF JOSIAH LOMBARD 1248

Prominent independent refiner of N. Y. City,
whose firm was the only one to keep its
contract with the Tidewater Pipe Line Company
in 1880.

THE HISTORY OF

THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY