East End Redevelopment

East End Redevelopment

…the East End. Kay and Matthew Skrobat, owners of Skrubby’s Inn and Kay’s Smorgasbord at 308 E. Second St., went to court to oppose the city’s purchase offer of $22,500….

Storefronts

Storefronts

…handmade mantles. James W. Kerr and his son James S. Kerr owned the Granite and Marble Works at Main and Relief Street. Between 1875 and 1898 the company installed more…

Oil City Trains

Oil City Trains

…as a prime stopping spot enroute to Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York City. More than a dozen railroads provided daily passenger service to and from Oil City. In all,…

Music, Literature and Faith

Music, Literature and Faith

…booming western Pennsylvania oil fields went bust. Mr. and Mrs. Hiram A. Crouch had hoped to raise enough money to fund a church seminary in Rochester, N.J., where they owned…

Rich and Famous

Rich and Famous

…in Oil City. Frank Mooney of Oil City was hired as an accountant for the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas in 1952. He eventually helped write the state’s gaming regulations….

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

…Bridge. The Cole Brothers Circus visited in 1907. Ringling Brothers Circus came in 1906 and 1910. Several smaller circus groups, too, had national tours that included Oil City. Buffalo Bill’s…

Digital Resources

…Museum and Library Services and through Library Access Funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Department of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, Governor. Access Now LawDepot offers an…

Library Hall

Library Hall

…church buildings being erected. The Christian Scientists group regularly held services upstairs in the library. Rev. C.H. Erickson, an evangelist, presented two services there in October 1930. In May 1921,…

Services

Get a Library Card Computers & WiFi Print, Copy, Fax, & More Room Bookings Assistive Technology…

Utilities

Utilities

…system in the city to John Smithman. It debuted on Thanksgiving Day 1893. In 1901, competitor Daniel Geary of Oil City, founder of Citizens Traction Co., bought out Smithman’s company….