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Wicomico Oil and Gas Company Stock Certificate

1 folder (0.01 linear feet)

(1914)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 2001.061
Creator(s) Wicomico Oil & Gas Company
Acquisition

Donated by Bessie Cutler.
Language(s) English
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Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by A. Tuttle-Smith, March 2014.
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Abstract

This collection contains a Wicomico Oil and Gas Company Stock Certificate worth twenty-five shares. The certificate was bought by F. E. Beaumont in 1914.

Administrative History

Wicomico Oil and Gas Company was incorporated in 1913 in Delaware and in 1914 in Maryland to make, construct, lay down, equip, operate and maintain pipe lines for the transmission of natural gas from gas wells located within the State of Maryland, for the purpose of lighting, heating and power in the counties of Somerset, Worcester, Wicomico, Dorchester, Caroline, Talbot, Kent, Queen Anne's, and Cecil. Their intend was to drill ten wells between Parsonburg and Pittsville that would produce oil. Two wells were drilled, with one striking sufficient natural gas to be connected to the homes in the village of Parsonburg. Everything was going fine until one Sunday when people returned from church to find their homes flooded with water coming out of the natural gas pipes. The company went out of existence shortly afterwards.

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Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Stocks
  • Corporate Names
    • Wicomico Oil & Gas Company
  • Location Terms
    • Wicomico County (Md.)

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