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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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Steel, Concrete, and Politics: A History of the Mead Avenue Bridge
The architectural beauty of the Mead Avenue Bridge in modern times The Mead Avenue Bridge, as many can recall, has through the years, been a stalwart fixture within the Meadville Community. The bridge not only...
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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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