…website accessibility efforts assist all users and that every person has the right to live with dignity, equality, comfort and independence. Accessibility on oilregionlibraries.org oilregionlibraries.org makes UserWay’s Web Accessibility Widget…
…receiving her first payment, $2, for a card greeting, Margaret declared, “Today I am a writer.” She then sold a short story to Woman’s Day magazine and that drew the…
…are closed, you are more than welcome to sit outside the building & use it. Just ask at the Front Desk for the WiFi password to connect on your phone,…
…the long-term success of the Oil Region Libraries in our community. Together, they establish the vision and long-range planning, take on the fiscal responsibilities of the organization and oversee the…
…to use the library? Everyone is welcome to visit our buildings and use our materials in-house including books, public computers, & gathering areas for free. Most of our events &…
…and businesses throughout the city, as well as outlying areas, would benefit from natural gas energy lines, telephone and telegraph services, electricity and television cable long before such utilities were…
…of Warsaw, battle scenes, Nazi gatherings and more. He was, according to a 2010 story in the Smithsonian magazine, the only “neutral country reporter working in Warsaw, Poland, during the…
…five grocers, St. Charles Hotel, a junk dealer, Florence Trax’s meat market, a hardware store, the Imperial Band headquarters, a barber, four boarding houses, a boot/shoemaker, three carpenters, two churches…
…and covered much of the 21-acre property between Oil Creek and the BNY & PRR tracks. The operation featured brick stills, oil tanks, a boiler house, outbuildings, a refinery, 50…
…installation, concerts, speeches, BridgeFest, souvenirs and much more. Snapshots of those 2021 events, plus a number of old postcards that promote Oil City, are included in this Hidden Heritage. Oil…