South Side: 50’s & 60’s
1410, 2022

South Side: 50’s & 60’s

…over the shop. JACKSON’S BOWLING ALLEY – Jackson’s Bowling Alley was located upstairs over the Western Auto Store, later Williams Decorating. GATES AND BURNS – The Gates and Burns realty…

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…certain restrictions so that they are available for future generations of library users! Visit www.bbcf.org to learn more about Bridge Builders and to begin the process of contributing to our…

COVID-19 Updates

…on the Online Catalog – Once you’re logged in* to your online account, you have the ability to place holds on items you’d like to check out. When your item…

100 Years of YWCA
1202, 2024

100 Years of YWCA

…Dickinson College, to “organize a strong girls organization” in the city. The Federation chose the existing but tentative Hi-Tri Girls Reserves organization in Oil City to be the forerunner for…

ARC Inclusion Library

…ARC? Visit Them Online at http://www.thearcclarion.org/ Call 814-226-7033, Ext. 4 Email info@thearcclarion.org All Yard Games Sports Outdoor Recreation Remote Controlled Basketball Want to shoot some hoops or play a basketball…

For Teachers

…skills. Google Cardboard Cardboard Virtual Reality (VR) Headset with head strap, compatible with 3.5″-6″ smart phones. Download the Google cardboard app onto your smartphone and slide your phone into the…

State Street Bridge
2705, 2022

State Street Bridge

…The Bridge Project In 1863, a private company was organized to construct a bridge across the river. Major stockholders in the new Oil City and Petroleum Bridge Co. were J.J….

Notable Women
1908, 2022

Notable Women

…Spring Street. The shop was the offshoot of a wholesale and manufacturing business started in 1895 by her father, Harry, and her uncle, Jacob Solovey. The brothers’ shop specialized in…

Music, Literature and Faith
1009, 2021

Music, Literature and Faith

…Derthick”, a fellow from Chicago, founded the organization “with the express purpose of founding a branch to an organization which bore his name in his hometown. … It was his…

Say Cheese
2810, 2022

Say Cheese

The Oil Valley was awash with investors, speculators, shopkeepers, teamsters, drillers, producers and an array of others keen on making their fortunes in the roaring oil boom of the 1860s….