Pico Canyon Oilfield
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Area | 344 |
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Opened | 1876 |
Added to NRHP | November 13, 1966 |
Nearest city | Newhall |
NRHP Reference Number | 66000212 |
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ID | 1230492 |
About Pico Canyon Oilfield
Well No. 4, Pico Canyon Oilfield, located about seven miles west of Newhall, California, in the Santa Susana Mountains, was the first commercially successful oil well in the Western United States and is considered the birthplace of California's oil industry.