Pico Canyon Oilfield photograph

Pico Canyon Oilfield

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Area344
Opened 1876
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1966
Nearest cityNewhall
NRHP Reference Number66000212
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID1230492
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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.

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