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Teens

…- Jennifer O’Toole Anything But Typical – Nora Baskin How We Roll – Natasha Friend Rosie Loves Jack – Mel Darbon Demystifying Disability – Emily Ladau The 57 Bus -…

Monarch Park
0104, 2022

Monarch Park

…trolley service in Oil City. Flower gardens at Monarch Park with an amusement pavilion in the background. Open street car #21 stops at the trolley station just south of Oil…

The Greatest Show on Earth
1806, 2021

The Greatest Show on Earth

…through the city as part of their nationwide tours. “Oil City was one of the best show towns in America,” noted a 1930s article in the national magazine “The Billboard.”…

Quirky Links to Oil City
2001, 2023

Quirky Links to Oil City

…oil fields. In 1867, he received a letter from former business associate Christopher L. Sholes of Milwaukee asking for financial support for a new invention. It was a writing machine…

Parochial Schools
2406, 2022

Parochial Schools

…high school by writing: “I hope the new high school building may prove of great benefit not only to St. Joseph Parish but to the community at large, and that…

Oil City Library

…use, the group met weekly to listen to essays, music, readings and to debate. The Institute reorganized in 1871 to form the Oil City Library Association. Many of the ideas…

Wharfs & Steamboats
0906, 2023

Wharfs & Steamboats

…Dilworth and Ewing, T. B. Porteous, Pat Tiernan and others. The best route to the Oil Country, via Oil City, was by steamboat from Pittsburg in seasons when the stage…

Old Money
2909, 2023

Old Money

…more than $100 million. He became close friends with writer Mark Twain, giving him $6,000 to get out of debt and teaching him how to invest. He also had close…

One of a Kind
0403, 2022

One of a Kind

…in the snow on the pedestrian walkway. A photographer from The Blizzard newspaper, Oil City’s evening newspaper, snapped the photograph and shared it with the Wide World photo service. The…