Early Theaters
2207, 2022

Early Theaters

…city’s “premiere entertainment palace,” the Col. Drake Theatre opened with much fanfare on Aug. 27, 1928. The theater and adjacent office building occupied nine lots on Seneca Street. The opening…

Guardians of Tradition
0408, 2023

Guardians of Tradition

…1866. In 1904, city directory records show Oil City sported nearly 100 organizations that fell under one of five categories: 4 military, 27 clubs and associations, 11 religious and temperance,…

Join the Club
1504, 2022

Join the Club

…Club was incorporated on Sept. 14, 1903, and took title to the former Hopkins home. The initial board of directors included S.Y. Ramage, president, and C.M. Lamberton, J.A. Fawcett, J.C….

One of a Kind
0403, 2022

One of a Kind

…to himself when he was on leave after serving in World War II. The young sailor came home on Dec. 10, 1945, for a short leave. He joined his wife…

Notable Women
1908, 2022

Notable Women

…staff in the mid-1940s. Dr. Ada McKee and Dr. Summerville enjoy the Dr. Ada McKee Memorial Library in the Oil City Hospital. Dr. Ada was a practicing physician for 59…

ORLA Newsletter Archive

…invite you to join us in this fight & challenge yourself to read outside of your comfort zone. Read a banned book. Read something you normally wouldn’t. As the wise…

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

…with your child. Sound scary? Break it down! 1 book a day = 365 books a year. 3 years puts you over your goal with 1,095 books. 2 books a…

Teens

…Boulley You Should See Me in a Crown – Leah Johnson Cemetery Boys – Aiden Thomas Wings of Ebony – J. Elle Hollow Fires – Samira Ahmed Ordinary Hazards -…

Notorious Women
1310, 2023

Notorious Women

…St. Mark Cemetery near Kossuth. Anna was buried next to her parents in St. Mark Cemetery near Kossuth, Clarion County. The tales of her possible association with the Bender Gang…

Say Cheese
2810, 2022

Say Cheese

…1892. They moved to Texas in 1920. August E. Nelson Born in 1872 in Sweden, August E. Nelson came to the U.S. as a small boy. In 1919, he purchased…