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Joseph de la Roche d’Allion O.F.M., and the Visit to the Oil Spring: Truth or Fiction?

By Mary Ellen Ash and Stephen L. Cocca - July 14, 2026

Did a French Récollet friar “discover” oil in the Southern Tier in 1627?  We present both sides in a special double article.

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