Clark’s Summit
2101, 2022

Clark’s Summit

…city was also feeling the effects of the 1873 national economic malaise with the dramatic drop in oil prices. The incline was dismantled in 1880 and that soon led to…

Ducks and Roses
0402, 2022

Ducks and Roses

…Oil City. A key customer was New York City’s famed Waldorf-Astoria Hotel that boasted it had the Famous Oil City Duckling on its menus. The ducks were ready for market…

The Jewish Community
1702, 2023

The Jewish Community

…Jewish services were held there until it was decided to build a new house of worship. A new synagogue was built on the site of the former Venango Club on…

Second Presbyterian Church
1111, 2022

Second Presbyterian Church

…elegant organ. H.L. Foster, a church member, purchased the organ, which had won first prize for its exquisite tones at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial, and installed it in his South…

Main Street
1404, 2023

Main Street

…provide fill for a new Holiday Inn and Justus Park. The New York Central Railroad passenger depot is shown in front of the railroad tunnel under Hogback Hill. President Ulysses…

Siverly
1703, 2023

Siverly

…back again. In 1912, newspaper accounts described the smooth ice covering on the river & reported that hundreds of people were taking advantage of that to cross over the river…

Old Money
2909, 2023

Old Money

…Episcopal Church, presided at the wedding. A newspaper account of the modest 11:30 a.m. in-home wedding noted the bride and groom “left on the Niagara Express for New York, going…

The Glass Industry
0209, 2022

The Glass Industry

…friendly, co-operative spirit towards incoming industries,” boasted the chamber. The business organization raised $100,000 in capital stock, all subscribed to by local residents, to help promote the project. Leon Gavin,…