Download or read book Cherry Run Valley written by Steve Karns and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1855, the Cherry Run Valley was a quiet farming community in Venango County in northwestern Pennsylvania. The small town of Plummerville was the largest settlement in all of Cherry Run. Oil City, then know as Cornplanter, was little more then Hasson's Cornfield and Gristmill. Pithole was the home to several pioneers who had each acquired plots of four hundred acres from the Holland Land Company. However, on August 27-28, 1859, Col. Edwin L. Drake and Uncle Billy successfully struck oil near Titusvilleacross Oil Creek in north Venango County. As the news spread to the world, an onslaught of curious reporters, speculators, and adventurers filled the valley. Farms were bought and leased to investors and then often subleased before a well was even bored. Life was about to change dramatically for the people of the Cherry Run Valley. Images from private, local collections make Cherry Run Valley: Plumer, Pithole, and Oil City a true local treasure. From the earliest days to the first sighting of the new commodity to the migration down the length of Oil Creek, the Cherry Run Valley weathered it all. Plumer remains a beautiful village at the entrance to Oil Creek State Park, and Pithole went from buckwheat farm to boomtown to ghost town and now a popular state museum and park. This truly unique place and its history are captured in this long-awaited volume.
Download or read book A Digest of the Ordinances and Principal Resolutions for the Government of the City of Oil City in Venango County Pennsylvania in Force January 1st 1907 written by Oil City (Pa.) and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Venango County Pennsylvania written by Herbert Charles Bell and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 1204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Times in Oildom written by George Washington Brown and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Petroleum A History of the Oil Region of Venango County Pennsylvania written by Samuel J. M. Eaton and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-01-10 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.
Download or read book A Digest Of The Ordinances And Principal Resolutions For The Government Of The City Of Oil City In Venango County Pennsylvania In Force January 1st 1907 written by Oil City (Pa ) and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're a history buff or genealogist interested in Venango County, Pennsylvania, then 'A Digest of the Ordinances and Principal Resolutions' is an essential resource. This comprehensive guide provides a fascinating glimpse into the legal and political history of this unique community. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Oil Regions of Pennsylvania written by William Wright and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Petroleum a History of the Oil Region of Venango County Pennsylvania written by Samuel John Mills Eaton and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Petrolia written by Brian Black and published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This award-winning history provides a fascinating look at the Civil War era oil boom in western Pennsylvania and its devastating impact on the region. In Petrolia, Brian Black offers a geographical and social history of a region that was not only the site of America’s first oil boom but was also the world’s largest oil producer between 1859 and 1873. Against the background of the growing demand for petroleum throughout and immediately following the Civil War, Black describes Oil Creek Valley’s descent into environmental hell. Known as “Petrolia,” the region of northwestern Pennsylvania charged the popular imagination with its nearly overnight transition from agriculture to industry. But so unrestrained were these early efforts at oil drilling, Black writes, that “the landscape came to be viewed only as an instrument out of which one could extract crude.” In a very short time, Petrolia was a ruined place—environmentally, economically, and to some extent even culturally. Black gives historical detail and analysis to account for this transformation. Winner of the Paul H. Giddens Prize in Oil History from Oil Heritage Region, Inc.
Download or read book Oildom written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pennsylvania in Public Memory written by Carolyn Kitch and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What stories do we tell about America’s once-great industries at a time when they are fading from the landscape? Pennsylvania in Public Memory attempts to answer that question, exploring the emergence of a heritage culture of industry and its loss through the lens of its most representative industrial state. Based on news coverage, interviews, and more than two hundred heritage sites, this book traces the narrative themes that shape modern public memory of coal, steel, railroading, lumber, oil, and agriculture, and that collectively tell a story about national as well as local identity in a changing social and economic world.
Download or read book Oil on the Brain written by Gary S. McKinney and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clarion County, in NW Pennsylvania, has thousands of acres of abandoned oil fields, left by the short-lived Oil Boom of the late 1800s. Gary McKinney reveals how the many discoveries, inventions, and people involved at the inception of oil drilling in Venango County also helped to develop this area. With a combination of newspaper excerpts, maps,photos, drawings and a working man's viewpoint, he brings the past to life. Mr. McKinney reveals how poor farmers and townspeople were willing to risk all to participate in the excitement of "getting rich quick". Oil exploration is followed from Parker City to the last big Clarion County Boom town, Elk City, as well as through ghost towns such as Antwerp City, Monroeville, Jefferson City, Triangle City and Beaver City. Over 200 old B & W photos, most first-time published. Maps.
Download or read book Drake Well Museum and Park written by Jon Sherman and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The site of the world's first oil well and the point of origin for the modern petroleum industry. Edwin Drake's well that struck oil on 27 August 1859 revealed that drilling was an effective way to produce large quantities of crude oil. When spectators followed, the industry boomed in the region. Within a short time, oil drilling became a worldwide phenomenon. The guidebook discusses the oil industry in Pennsylvania, focusing on the story of Drake and the industry in Oil Creek Valley, and concludes with a tour of the museum and its grounds.
Download or read book After the Final Curtain written by Matt Lambros and published by Jonglez Photo Books. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the time, there is nothing remarkable about a movie theater today; but that wasn't always the case. When the great American movie palaces began opening in the early 20th century, they were some of the most lavish, stunning buildings ever seen. However, they wouldn't last -- with the advent of in-home television, theater companies found it harder and harder to keep them open. Some were demolished, some were converted, and some remain empty to this day. After the Final Curtain: The Fall of the American Movie Theatre will take you through 24 of these magnificent buildings, revealing the beauty that remains years after the last ticket was sold.
Download or read book The Pennsylvania Oil Region History of Its Rise and Wonderful Progress The Atlantic and Great Western Railway From the New York Herald Etc With a Map written by and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book PETROLEUM written by REV. S. J. M. EATON and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Venango County Pennsylvania written by Charles Almanzo Babcock and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
