Crawford County Messenger and CCHS News

Meadville Mutuals Team Photo Opening day of the 2016 Baseball season is upon us yet again which among other things, presents the opportunity to highlight the area’s curious place as part of America’s pastime.  Like...

Proposed boundaries of Marion County and Titusville as the seat Everybody knows that the northwest corner of Pennsylvania is made up of Crawford, Erie, Warren and Marion counties: The last named after the Revolutionary War...

Allegheny students wait at the Exposition Park trolley station – 1913 On May 30, 1906, the Meadville and Conneaut Lake Traction (M&CLT) Company formed with a goal of bringing trolley service to Exposition Park (Conneaut...

The Carter Mansion was built at Oakwood Farm in 1930 Crawford County has lost a landmark with the recent fire of the 1930 Luke B. Carter mansion, known as Oakwood Farm, on the Hydetown Road...

As we reflect on this country’s African American heritage, it’s worth noting Crawford County’s role as a branch of the Underground Railroad. In the years leading up to the Civil War, area residents, like much...

The Tarr Mansion with its balconies intact We are excited to announce the Crawford County Historical Society is now the proud owner of the James and Elizabeth Tarr Mansion on Meadville’s Diamond Park! Even though...

Lady Mary Crawley’s corset in an early episode Change stands prominent as the obvious theme depicted in TV’s historical drama, Downton Abbey. The show begins famously with news of the Titanic’s sinking in 1912 and...

On January 27, 1888, the National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C., for “the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge.” What many may not realize is that the publication of the society’s famous periodical,...

A.C. early ranching days Friction between ranchers and the federal government over the use of public lands recently witnessed in the news is nothing new in our history. Prominent Meadville businessman and Civil War veteran,...

Among the many themes centered around the changing times in the popular PBS television series, Downton Abbey, women’s growing independence has remained a constant, if not a central focus. Such independence was not a circumstance experienced...

Baldwin Reynolds Home & Estate The “Downton” Era (1910s and 1920s) was a time or expansion of ideas, but for a tightening of funds in large manors, or, in the case in America, smaller landed...

This chandelier hanging from the starry ceiling of the Saint Hippolytes church in Frenchtown, near Guys Mills, Pennsylvania‬ was donated around 1888 by Otthille and Lydie Bousson, two sisters from France who operated a shirt...