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…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…