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hunter

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4. Petrolia, on California's "Lost Coast" is in interesting place.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Dec 20, 2021, 11:22 PM

Dec 2021

Petrolia was the site of the first oil well drilled in California. Much more significant oil finds were made in other, more accessible parts of the state, sparing Petrolia from further development.

Huell Howser visited in his California's Gold Series.

There's a link to that here:

https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/tag/petrolia/

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Petrolia, on California's "Lost Coast" is in interesting place. hunter Dec 2021 #4