0707, 2023

Restaurants

Judy Etzel
July 7, 2023
Hidden Heritage
14194

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2001, 2023

Quirky Links to Oil City

Judy Etzel
January 20, 2023
Hidden Heritage
8518

…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…

2605, 2023

The Parsons Photo Album: 1910

Judy Etzel
May 26, 2023
Hidden Heritage
12225

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1006, 2022

Peaches & Parking Meters

Judy Etzel
June 10, 2022
Hidden Heritage
3872

1509, 2023

Grove Hill Legends

Judy Etzel
September 15, 2023
Hidden Heritage
15574

…in 1865. In Reno, he served as commander of the community’s GAR post. After a railroad venture went bankrupt, Hartwell moved to Oil City in 1871 and joined a wholesale…

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1609, 2022

Luxurious Residences

Judy Etzel
September 16, 2022
Hidden Heritage
6551

…back East to Oil City where he joined the oil transportation business. He eventually organized the Union Refining Company and later the Bradford Oil Company. Chambers, who was described in…

1202, 2024

100 Years of YWCA

Judy Etzel
February 12, 2024
Hidden Heritage
18108

…Dickinson College, to “organize a strong girls organization” in the city. The Federation chose the existing but tentative Hi-Tri Girls Reserves organization in Oil City to be the forerunner for…