Crawford County Messenger and CCHS News

Originally published June 14, 1868 – The Titusville Herald. Redevelopment Now Dooms Old Landmark Remarkably, the building described below still stands today (1965), although the “Better Days” downtown redevelopment project may remove it in less...

Click here to listen to the 1976 Bicentennial Oral History Collection Paul Zolbrod And Seeing A Need   In 1976, Professor Paul Zolbrod and his team at Allegheny College recognized a problem long before the...

This article written in 1903 by editors of the Meadville Morning Star and Meadville Gazette newspapers, covers an address Professor W. E. B. Dubois gave at the Unitarian Church twice during his visits on Thursday,...

Every year, children in need who reside in the city of Meadville receive shoes and socks from a thoughtful gesture that began in 1909 and has quietly continued for over a century. What many do...

In May of 1986, the Historical Society dedicated a carriage donated by Ralph Osborn of Titusville. His grandfather, James Osborn, purchased it from among other carriages which had been ordered by George Wallace Delamater, prominent...

With the recent opening of Cussewago Square, it seemed appropriate to take a moment to bring attention to the history of the location, as well as to take advantage of the opportunity to highlight one...

Leonard Graves was an expert blacksmith who learned the carpentry trade by building carriages as a hobby for family and friends. During the post-war period following the Civil War, business was booming, and demand for...

2025, marks the 117th anniversary of one of the more gruesome episodes in the long history of Crawford County’s old jail. It all begins on Christmas Eve, 1908, when Jack Cronin uses a .32 revolver...

Crawford County has rarely stifled its opinions regarding national politics. The tone was set by residents in 1807 who burned an effigy of Federalist, Aaron Burr outside the courthouse. And this was hardly the county’s...

The morning after – charred remains of the fire’s path. The Hotel Conneaut stands untouched in the background. As the morning darkness of December 2, 1908, dissolved into daylight, a scene of utter destruction revealed...

Clarence F. Underwood – 1905 Clarence Frederick Underwood [1871-1929] was one of the leading illustrators and commercial artists of his generation, providing work to a range of books as well as highly circulated publications such...

Coach John Heisman (center) with his 1909 Georgia Tech team. The name Heisman has become synonymous with the best in college football, however it is often forgotten that the man behind the trophy found his...