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Policies for more information. Location: South 1.5 miles on US
421, west side of road across from quarry entrance,
Francesville. (Pulaski County, Indiana) Erected 1988 by the
Pulaski County Historical Society ID# : 66.1988.1 One mile
southwest of this marker gas was discovered in 1867 by G. Bates
while drilling for oil at a depth of 500 feet. Gas wells were
drilled in 1887-1888; gas piped into Francesville lasted only
four years. Business, Industry, and Labor