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...

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...

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...

A Passion for a New Art Much of the world’s first oil boom was captured in the photography of one John A. Mather, an English immigrant whose love for his art allowed such a vivid...

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...

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...

“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....

Ohio race horses helped bring about the county fair With the excitement of the Crawford County Fair upon us, it’s worth taking a belated look at the origins of the what arguably is the county’s largest...

A boy sits among the debris in Titusville For most of May and the early part of June in 1892, Northwestern Pennsylvania was soaked in a seemingly endless period of rain which culminated in four...

Hotel Conneaut with new south and north wings added – 1920’s What do the coming of the railroad, the discovery of oil, a major lakeside resort, the healthful promise of mineral springs and travel have...

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...

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...