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A view of Pithole from First Street, looking east. Note the field of oil derricks. The large white building visible in the distance is the Bonta House Hotel. At its peak, Pithole had 57 such hotels.

Credit: Courtesy the Drake Well Museum, PHMC Bureau of Historic Sites and Museums

A view of Pithole from First Street, looking east. Note the field of oil derricks. The large white building visible in the distance is the Bonta House Hotel. At its peak, Pithole had 57 such hotels.

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