Coreco

Coreco

…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

An Eventful Year

An Eventful Year

…several historic occasions and widespread civic participation. The year-long observance was chaired by Bill and Robin Moon, owners of Gates & Burns Realty. Bill Moon is in his second term

Guardians of Tradition

Guardians of Tradition

…names and origins, the organizations were comprised of members who met regularly, took up civic challenges, represented their interests and more. The Busy Years Most of the long-standing organizations were…

Parochial Schools

Parochial Schools

…those requirements were dropped due to complaints that the curriculum was “too heavy a workload for youngsters” because second and third-generation Polish/Americans no longer spoke Polish in their homes. In…

Oil Well Supply

Oil Well Supply

…profound implications for the oil and gas industry, as well as for Siverly. Oil Well Supply, Oil City’s largest manufacturing company, sprawled along the Allegheny River at Siverly. The company…

Grand Spectacles

Grand Spectacles

…holiday season with an extravagant show: a two-mile long parade featuring more than two dozen inflated cartoon character balloons created by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Oil City drew…

Maybe She’s Born With It

Maybe She’s Born With It

…match didn’t start until after midnight because of poor lighting and controversy about gate receipts. The fighters donned two-ounce gloves and hit each other steadily for 13 rounds. At the…

Old Money

Old Money

…house, located on a bluff called Watch Hill because it served as a landmark for sailors, in 1948 to the Harkness family, heir to a Standard Oil fortune. The sprawling…

A Historic Anniversary

use in foreign fields where climate made the use of wooden derricks impractical. According to an Oilwell history, Culbertson married a Russian girl and they raised three children. One of…

Oil City Boat Club

Oil City Boat Club

…down to the river. The Oil City Boat Club at Rockmere was organized in 1887 and incorporated in 1892. The private club along the Allegheny River continues to be a…