Coreco
2804, 2023

Coreco

…1,300 flowers and hundreds of quarts of oil. Young later opened Young’s Tires on the city’s South Side in the former Oil City Tire and Battery Co. shop. The business…

Orchestras
1803, 2022

Orchestras

…boxcar capacity was 40 men or eight horses. The cars were stenciled with “40 Hommes/8 Chevaux.” The 40 & 8 Bands were being organized by American Legion posts across the…

Maybe She’s Born With It
2511, 2022

Maybe She’s Born With It

…Confectionery and Novelty Shop tucked into Oil City’s South Side business district was popular with local youngsters because of comic books, plastic model kits and a large display of novelty…

Grand Spectacles
0312, 2021

Grand Spectacles

…which encouraged residents and visitors to stay all day, eat, shop and attend the city’s magnificent theaters. The newspaper estimated the event would draw 50,000 people. The Oil City Blizzard…

Restaurants
0707, 2023

Restaurants

…Laughlin Steel, U.S. Steel, Continental Can, Koppers and Worthington to dozens of small shops and professional offices. The community boasted three hotels, three motion picture theaters, a 175-bed hospital, eight…

Quirky Links to Oil City
2001, 2023

Quirky Links to Oil City

…excelled in athletics and oratory. While in school, he helped organized the first Negro Band in Oil City and also helped open up a skating rink in the city’s Third…

Monarch Park
0104, 2022

Monarch Park

…cars. The cars made trips to and from Monarch Park at 20 minute intervals. Geary hired Guy J. Hecker, a former baseball star with the Louisville Sluggers, to work summers…

Hidden Heritage

…2022 Judy Etzel For many years, Oil City was replete with hundreds of ornate residences scattered throughout the Read More The Glass Industry September 2, 2022 Judy Etzel Oil and…

Kramer & Mullins
2409, 2021

Kramer & Mullins

…operations. It all began with the construction of two five-story, 200-feet-long brick buildings at a sprawling West End property along the Allegheny River in 1891. It was the home of…

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