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“Venerable Crittenden Hall Had Gay History Even Before The Herald Occupied It in 1868”
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...
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The 1976 Bicentennial Oral History Collection
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...
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Florence M Howe: Titusville Artist and Hotelier
Florence Adelbert Howe Margach Howe was born in 1877 in Meadville and died in 1961 in Ohio. Her girlhood home was at 482 Baldwin Street, Meadville. In 1901 she married Bertram Falwell Howe (born 1877...
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Old Pictures Recall 1876 Celebration Here…
D. C. Butchart, a Meadville photographer of the late 1870s, took pictures of this community’s preparations in 1876 for the centennial celebration of the United States. They show an archway-photographed from either side-constructed...
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Housing On The Hill: The History of Hillcrest Housing Development
The homes at Hillcrest in Meadville, Pennsylvania, have become such a part of the fabric of the community that one could almost take them for granted. They seem to have always been there. Like a...
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Dorothy Thurston: A Quiet Legacy in Early Childhood Education, 1896–1988
Dorothy Thurston was born on July 31, 1896, in Meadville, Pennsylvania, to Alic and Jessie May (Hill) Thurston. She was one of five children in a family well known for its contributions to local and...
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The History of "Merry Christmas" vs. "Happy Holidays" in Crawford County
“Hold up there, Santa. How should we greet you?” Not so long ago I was admonished for wishing somebody a “Happy Holiday” instead of a “Happy Thanksgiving.” “I don’t celebrate ‘holidays,’” the person told me....
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