Priest, Josiah. A History of the Early Adventures of Washington Among the Indians of the West; And the Story of His Love for Maria Frazier, the Exile’s Daughter; With an Account of the Mingo Prophet, Whose Most Singular Adventures Are Blended With Washington, and His Love of the Forest Girl. Albany, NY: J. Munsell, Printer, 1841.
Venango County
Trainer, George Francis. The Life and Adventures of Ben Hogan, The Wickedest Man in the World: Containing a Full Account of His Thrillings and Remarkable Experiences, Together With a Complete Report of His Triumphs in the Prize Ring, and His Career in the Oil Regions, in the Far West, and on the Sea. New York: Self published, 1878.
Patterson, Jane Lippitt. Out of Sight. Boston: Universalist Publishing House, 1883.
Leonhart, Rudolph. Tononqua: The Pride of the Wyandots. Akron, OH: Werner & Lohmann, 1886.
Philips, Melville. The Devil’s Hat: A Sketch in Oil. Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1887.
Munroe, [Charles] Kirk. Prince Dusty: A Story of the Oil Regions. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1891.
Atkinson, William. Charlie Ransom [in Western Stories]. London: W. & R. Chambers, 1893.
Bloomfield, Will J. Fay Banning. Chicago: Dibble Publishing Company, 1893.
Butterworth, Hezekiah. The Boys of Greenway Court: A Tale of the Early Days of Washington. New York: D. Appleton, 1893.
Musick, John R. [Roy]. Braddock: A Story of the French and Indian Wars. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1893.
De Morgan, John. Fighting Hal, Or, From Fort Necessity to Quebec. New York: Street and Smith, 1894.
Bloomfield, Will J. Transplanting an Old Tree. New York: Isaac H. Blanchard Company, 1901.
Forrest, Arthur. The Biddle Boys and Mrs. Soffel: The Great Pittsburg Tragedy and Romance. With Full Description of Their Lives and Crimes. Baltimore: I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1902.
Porter, Edwin Stanton. Capture of the Biddle Boys. West Orange, NJ: Edison Studios, 1902.
Harper, Olive. A Desperate Chance: An Exciting Story. New York: J. S. Ogilvie, 1903.
O'Day, John Christopher. Oil Wells in the Woods. Deposit, NY: Oquaga Press, 1905.
Thorpe, Francis Newton. The Divining Rod: A Story of the Oil Regions. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1905.
Canfield, William Walker. The Spotter: A Romance of the Oil Region. New York: R. F. Fenno & Company, 1907.
Standish, Hal. Fred Fearnot and "Pittsburg Pete"; Or, Lively Times in the Oil Country. New York: Work and Win (Frank Tousey), 1907.
Oliver, Charles H., and Harold S. [Saylor] DeLay. "646" and the Troubleman. Chicago: Rand McNally & Co, 1916.
Swanson, Neil H. The Judas Tree. New York: G. P. Putman’s Sons, 1933.
Wright, John E. [Ernest Thorington], Elisabeth M. [Mellon] Sellars, Jeanette C. [Campbell] Shirk, and Alexander [Sharpe] Ross. With Rifle and Plow: Stories of the Western Pennsylvania Frontier. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1938.
Bloss, Edward Buell. Tales of Petrolea and Elsewhere. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1940.