Hasson Park

How about calling it the Peoples Park? Or maybe, Petroleum Park? What about Honeysuckle Hill Park? Those were just a few of the names suggested for what would become a sprawling and beautiful urban park established 125 years ago in the City of Oil City. The 48-acre tract was offered free of charge to the city on August 12, 1895, by oilman and banker William Hasson who stipulated that the

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A Historic Anniversary

The City of Oil City, marking its 150th anniversary in 2021 as an incorporated city, owed its early start as a river community that served as a microcosm of the industrial flow and ebb of the region. There were very few communities in the United States that saw its wealth soar in just a short time. Thanks to the oil boom, great fortunes were made almost over night and the

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