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A Historical City Went From Boom to Bust in the Blink of an Eye

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A Historical City Went From Boom to Bust in the Blink of an Eye
Pithole City was once a booming oil town after the discovery of oil and the site of the first commercial oil well in the united states just six miles away. In just five years, the town was reduced to just a couple hundred people. Justin Merriman
Salena Zito
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PITHOLE CITY, Pa.—“Pap, I think you had better come see Pithole.”

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.
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