The most productive single oil well in California, spewed as much as 90,000 barrels of oil a day, for 18 months when it was first tapped in 1910. A 60-acre lake of oil formed on the site, on which several people floated about in small skiffs. Eventually 2000 wooden oil derricks were erected to drill for more in the area. Now marked with a stone monument.
Location:
Near Taft
(POINT(-119.3930625915 35.0799465179)) (show on map)
