Oldest Producing Oil Well

Historical marker location:

Rouseville, Pennsylvania

( Marker is on William Flinn Highway (Pennsylvania Route 8) north of Waitz Road, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1958

The first recorded U.S. flag-raising on foreign soil occurred in 1777, when the Stars and Stripes were flown during a naval battle off the coast of Quiberon Bay, France, commanded by Pennsylvania native John Paul Jones.