Richburg-Wirt Township Picture Galleries 1

Note: This picture gallery is started 6/19/04 and will continually be updated as new contributions are received. Growth depends on you! To contribute, send me an email telling what you have and we can make arrangements.


Richburg View c.1926 Post Card from Don Adams Collection	Wirt District #4 School Class c.1910 Help Identify; Known: Front 2nd from right, Allie May Robbins (Colley, Gillette). Submitted by Mary Miller	Richburg "Discovery Well" (1) Photo by Robert Christman 2001	Richburg Discover Well (2) Monument Photo by Robert Christman

Richburg Oil Days c.1890 Used with permission from Town of Wirt Museum	Old Richburg,NY School (unknown year) From Don Adams Collection	Discovery Well Plaque "Site of the First Producing Well in the Richburg Oil field Completed April 27, 1881 by the Richburg Oil Company at a depth of 1231 1/4 feet. Well site granted to Town of Wirt by Owner of the Farm"	c.1882 Richburg, Town of Wirt MoneySaver Picture; Submitted by Sidney & Sandra Cleveland from archives of Emma Lou King, former Alma Town Historian.

Richburg during Oil Craze c.1887 Printed in 1935 Diamond Jubilee Edition of Olean Times Herald	Early View of Main Street-Richburg; Notice the wooden oil rig... Above Post Card available in a set of notecards produced & may be purchased from B.R.A.G. Historical Society in Bolivar,NY (Used with permission)	View of Main Sreet - Richburg - Unknown Year Original Postcard owned and shared by Richard Palmer of Syracuse, NY