Career
The legendary and largest oil boomtown grew almost overnight, its population reaching 20,000 in 2 years, only to then fall to under 2,000. Frazier formed United States Petroleum with wealthy Wall Street financier, J. Nelson Tappan, who became the company’s president Pithole was termed “Tappan’s Mushroom City” by the New York Times.
Prior to his oil ventures, Frazier was a dry goods merchant in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania.
Springfield, Missouri. And Iowa City, Iowa. Frazier was the eldest son of James Frazier, a farmer and early settler of Butler County, Pennsylvania, having immigrated from County Armagh, Ireland.
Frazier was the great uncle of Rachel Carson, the environmentalist. Frazier died in New York City.
