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The Chicago & Paint Creek Oil Company

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 600.00 USD
The Chicago & Paint Creek Oil Company
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Only known Kentucky oil company stock certificate. Number 199 for 2 shares to Andrew Chapman. Signed by WB Moore and president pro tem BW Ellis. United States 25c large revenue stamp. Paint Creek¾is a 20.1-mile-long (32.3¾km)¾tributary¾of the¾Levisa Fork¾in¾Johnson County,¾Kentucky. The stream is formed at the confluence of the Little Paint and Open Fork creeks. It is named for the colorful¾Adena Indian¾ideographs¾that were painted on¾white birch trees¾and rocks that once lined the stream. Date: 1865 Paint Creek KY hwac 21372