Book 1896
Sketches in Crude Oil
McLaurin, John J. Harrisburg, Pa.: published by the author, 1896.
Teamsters, wagon loads and hauling in the Oil Region.
McLaurin, John J. Harrisburg, Pa.: published by the author, 1896.
Teamsters, wagon loads and hauling in the Oil Region.
Every price in the game is a real period price, converted once into today's dollars at its own year's price level. Crude follows the recorded annual series: $595 a barrel in 1859, $18 in the 1861 glut, $172 in 1864.