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On Main St Bolivar,NY
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Unknown Group
Webmaster needs your help;
Lou Anne Glass has id'd backrow, 3rd from left-Brad Sexton, Bolivar.
, I believe that two of the gentlemen shown are: Front row 2nd from left: Joe Collins Sr, Bolivar NY mechanic. Worked for many years for Ferris and Forbes. Son, Joe Jr has his own auto repair business today on Knights Creek Rd. Front row on the right end: Jon Lindquist. Bolivar School Transportation Supervisor and owner of his own Small tractor dealership west of Bolivar on RT 417. I am not sure at all what the occasion was but it may have beeen taken at the school... were these school bus drivers or Bolivar Central School employees? (from Dave Hyde)
, the person in the middle of the front row is Wilson "Bud" McQueen. In the back row 2nd from right is Robert "Smiley" Weber. Both long time firemen from Bolivar. (From Bill "Bubba" Greene)
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Unknown
Help Needed; Must be a story here... |
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Help Needed
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c.1880's Vorhee's Store
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West Side of Bolivar,NY Main St
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Wilson's Locomobile - 1900
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Howard Drug & Grocery
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Mr. & Mrs. Howard
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1928 Gilbert Farm
Gas Well |
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Pouring the Nitro
THE HISTORY BOOK
(Unknown Newspaper)
This photo was taken on Patrick Henry Jones' oil lease on Daggett Hill, off Salt Rising Road in Bolivar.
Mr. Jones is the grandfather of Carl Timme of Olean. The unidentified man in the photo is holding a box of nitroglycerine. |
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1947 Drilling Crew
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A truly Picturesque Drilling Rig
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Allegany Refiners #1
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Allegany Refiners #2
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Allegany Refiners #3
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Allegany Refiners #4
A View looking toward Rte 417 |
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Cable Drilling
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Early Rig
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Turning the screw
Ed Root & Roy Corbin |
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An Olean/Bradford Scene
Where did the rabbits live? |
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Pioneer Oil Drilling Crew
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In Color
Ray Payne with Historic Sign |
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1881 started it all
A report of the production |
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They started them young in the oil fields!
Webmaster Note: My grandfather gave me this same job; he said the oilers were the most important job. |
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Another picture of "Starting Young"
Dick Harder started early in life at the Andover Station. He is shown working at his first job of oiler. Others in the picture are Jim Hammond and Earl Goodrich. For more on Andover Pump Station go to "Town of Andover" pages on this website. |
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A high success
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This is what a well owner/driller hopes for
Success! |
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1906 Tank Fire
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Drilling up "The Flats"
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The famous Sign
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Dempsey Truck
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Early Dempsey Yard
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1913 8th Grade at Bolivar
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8th Grade Picture Letter
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