(From the Hancock Historical Museum)

In the late 1880s, Findlay became famous for its “great fire in the ground.” The discovery of natural gas transformed the city into a booming industrial hub, drawing national attention and reshaping Hancock County’s future. But gas wasn’t the only resource that fueled dreams of fortune in northwest Ohio. Just to the south and west, oil fields were springing up that rivaled some of the largest in the nation.

On Thursday, October 2nd at noon, the Hancock Historical Museum will welcome longtime Toledo news broadcaster and historian Lou Hebert for a Brown Bag Lecture titled “When Oil Was King in Northwest Ohio.” Lou will explore the era when Wood, Hancock, and Allen Counties stood at the center of the nation’s oil and gas industry. For decades, nearly eve

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