Dempsey Pipe

I guess that 100' of pipe is on bottom. Chris Sima

It all started 137 years ago tomorrow - an oil well was completed that changed the course of history in the Bolivar-Richburg valley. Article below from "The Ri...se and Fall of Richburg" in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle from 1897. "In the morning of April 27, 1881, a well was completed on the hill above Richburg that started off at 400 barrels a day. It was known as the Boyle well and was the key to a rich field. Oil scouts who had been watching developments closely, rode with all haste to the railroad towns over the hills and the wires carried the news of the big strike to the newspaper offices. The next day people in all parts of the country knew that a new oil field had been opened. Then began a wild scramble for leases, and oil operators from the Pennsylvania regions flocked across the state line in droves, anxious to secure a slice of the new Eldorado."

Aerial Views, Early 1990's

Dempsey Pipe pictures from 1881 to 1920