Oil City Trains

Oil City Trains

…the stations in the 1960s. A Holiday Inn hotel and Justus Park were later constructed on the site. Oil City’s great fire and flood of 1892 destroyed much of the…

Grand Spectacles

Grand Spectacles

…School Drum and Bugle Corps, Oiler Marching Band, VFW Drum and Bugle Corps, Knox Glass Associates Band, Polk State School Band and the American Legion Band. The parade was led…

State Street Bridge

State Street Bridge

…few cents were added to tolls for sheep, oxen, hog or horse herders. And, there were penalties levied against bridge travelers who flouted the rules. A $5 penalty was charged…

Siverly

Siverly

…cabinet maker. He married Susanna Thayer and they found their way to Pinegrove Township in 1819. However, a wrinkle developed when nearby landowners challenged Siverly’s title to his Pinegrove property…

Oil City Library

…were not widely supported by the general public and library service suffered due to serious economic problems. The picture brightened however in 1890 when the Belles Lettres Club was formed…

Grove Hill Legends

Grove Hill Legends

…Renwick, whose grave sites were visited during the tour, the Civil War veterans included Richard Hopkins, Jacob Holtzworth, Wells Sherick, Robert H. Gray, Augustus Hill, Daniel Fisher, John R. Steele,

Ducks and Roses

Ducks and Roses

…duck farm soon boasted homes, brooder houses, barns, ice houses, feed barns, dairy barns, silos, sheds, garages and more. About 50 employees lived in houses on the farm property. Family…

100 Years of YWCA

100 Years of YWCA

…Reed, a Vermont native who moved to Oil City to teach, gifted the Central Avenue home she and her husband, George, purchased. The home, distinguished by a high tower, was…

Old Money

Old Money

…City woman. King Victor Emanuele of Italy appointed Dr. Raffaele Bastianelli as a life senator in recognition of his service to the nation. Lucille Loomis Bastianelli Lucille Loomis, daughter of…

South Side: 50’s & 60’s

South Side: 50’s & 60’s

LEWIS HARDWARE – A former horse stable was bought in 1915 by Ernest Lewis who converted it into a hardware store. Two generations of the Lewis family operated it until…