Charles S. Greene Library

Historical marker location:

659 Fourteenth Street, Oakland, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Fourteenth Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, on the left when traveling west on Fourteenth Street.)

African-American Museum and Library at Oakland. Oakland Landmark Number 48.

California was the site of the nation's first successful oil well in 1892. The well was drilled in the city of Los Angeles and produced about 25 barrels of oil a day. Today, California remains a major oil-producing state.