ORLA Newsletter Archive

…provide access to new & diverse books in this month’s issue! 2021 Issues January 2021 – Last year may have been a complete dumpster fire, but we’ve picked out the…

Notorious Women

Notorious Women

…the community. She always attracted attention in those communities because of her appearance. Anna wore “very coarse clothing and rubber boots” and her attire, as well as her very short…

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…

Music, Literature and Faith

Music, Literature and Faith

…owned by Pittsburgh investors. Columbia Oil owned the Story farm property which quickly became a small but thriving community of employees and their families. In that community, the Crouches opened…

Rich and Famous

Rich and Famous

Many Oil City residents earned high recognition as well as enormous wealth. Others, meanwhile, have shared ties with those individuals who had both fame and money. The relationships included leading…

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…

Local Resources

…Daugherty Brothers Real Estate Gates & Burns Realty 1st Rate Realty Howard Hanna – Rosewood Real Estate Local Real Estate Information Oil Region Realty Shawgo Real Estate Wilson Real Estate…

Join the Club

Join the Club

…floor of the Reynolds, Lamberton and Company building on Seneca Street. It had been a gymnasium club that had gone out of business. Club members ponied up money to buy…

An Eventful Year

An Eventful Year

…on April 11. (Photo by Kelly Malek) A number of fireworks displays highlighted Oil City’s sesquicentennial celebration. Oil City’s sesquicentennial celebration in 2021 featured a variety of events, commemoration of…

Quirky Links to Oil City

Quirky Links to Oil City

…for their care. Some relatives, too, received money. Eleanor Ritchey, whose fortune consisted of shares of Quaker State Oil, a company co-founded by her grandfather, Philip Bayer of Oil City,…