Oil City Boat Club

Oil City Boat Club

…members, the club board agreed to construct a building to house two bowling alleys, purchase more boats, buy a naptha-powered launch boat for members’ use, build two tennis courts in…

ORLA Newsletter Archive

2023 Issues January 2023 – THE RESULTS ARE IN! Discover the best books of 2022 (as voted by you!), as well as the details about ORLA’s 3rd annual Winter of…

Music, Literature and Faith

Music, Literature and Faith

…against it. Through public fundraising, the Belles Lettres Club and the Oil City Library Association raised $11,500 to buy property for the new library building. Three sites were checked: property…

Notorious Women

Notorious Women

…and a defense weapon. While she had no apparent income, Anna always had enough money to buy the very few things she needed. Anna came from a large family, according…

Clark’s Summit

Clark’s Summit

…for funding through the Pennsylvania Project 70 program under former Gov. William Scranton. The idea was to use a grant to buy 261 acres on Clark’s Summit and along the…

The Boom

The Boom

…families. It was one of the first projects in the nation approved under President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal work relief strategy known as the Civil Works Administration. The pool was…

Library Hall

Library Hall

…then raised $11,000 to buy a corner lot on the city’s South Side. Carnegie again stepped up and provided an additional $4,000 to improve the grounds and buy some library…

Digital Resources

…library card. With the motto of “thoughtful entertainment,” Kanopy showcases more than 30,000 of the world’s best films, including award–winning documentaries, rare and hard–to–find titles, film festival favorites, indie and…

Orchestras

Orchestras

…brass as “the best orchestra in the American Expeditionary Forces” in World War I. Just before returning to the U.S., the 112th Regiment Band competed against eight other military bands…