The Muskegon oil boom that began in the 1920s and resulted in the environmental catastrophe at the former Zephyr oil refinery has another unfortunate legacy: hundreds, perhaps as many as 1,000, abandoned oil and natural gas wells practically on top of which homes and schools have been built.
• Future muddy for Zephyr groundwater, soil cleanup in Muskegon Township
• Zephyr’s legacy of oil in the soil near the Muskegon River