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W.E.B. DuBois Spoke on Civil Rights and Race in 1903 Meadville.
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,...
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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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George Wallace Delamater: Banker and Would-Be Governor
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...
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Aaron Burr’s Conspiracy Added Gusto to Local Politics
The politics of Crawford County in the first decade of the last century were divisive and crude. Federalists and Republicans battled over land issues, internal improvements and banks. There was little they didn’t fight over....
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The Honorable Jesse Moore
On the fifth of April, I803, Jesse Moore was appointed President Judge of the Sixth Judicial District of Crawford County by Governor Thomas M’Kean, succeeding Judge Alexander Addison who was the first Judge of this...
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A Brief History of Politics in Crawford County
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...
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Famous Allegheny – Big Names from a Small School
Bentley Hall, Allegheny College Nestled away at the top of the hill overlooking Meadville, Pennsylvania is Allegheny College which holds the title of 32nd oldest in the United States, having just celebrated it’s 200th birthday in...
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Marion County was the Home of the World’s First Oil Boom
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...
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The Underground Railroad’s Secret Operations in Crawford County
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...
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