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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LPQ_meadville-woolen-mills_Meadville-PA.html
In 1810, on hand looms and spinning wheels, Meadville produced 16,818 yards of woolen material. By 1870 a steam-powered mill, built here where Mill Run and the Feeder Canal joined briefly, made fine woolens from the fleece of county sheep for ship…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KQX_hillcrest_Meadville-PA.html
Developed by Meaville Housing Corporation in 1936, it was the first project of its kind to be guaranteed by the FHA.
Ninety seven industries, business concerns and individuals subscribed to the initial stock offering and the mortgage was carrie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IKC_titusville-trust-company-1919_Titusville-PA.html
"There are few bank buildings in America which equal this in permanence and quality of construction..." remarked architect Arthur Zimm. The Titusville Herald reported that "...few were prepared for the beauties revealed when its doors were thrown …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F1M_geology_Conneaut-Lake-PA.html
Conneaut Lake is a kettle lake formed by the receding glacier during the last Ice Age, about 12,000 years ago. As the glacier melted, a large block of ice partially embedded in accumulated sediment formed the depression, which became the lake. Pre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F1L_the-railroads_Conneaut-Lake-PA.html
Railroad service came to Evansburg, (Conneaut Lake), in 1859 with the establishment of a station south of town at Stoney Point, a stop on the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad. Passengers and freight were transferred to horse buggies and wagons …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F1F_the-ice-industry-and-the-ice-houses_Conneaut-Lake-PA.html
Just east of Ice House Park stood two large wooden structures to store ice harvested from the lake during the winter. Inclined wooden ramps led from the frozen lake to storage within the buildings whose walls were 12 inches thick and filled with s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DVT_alliance-college_Cambridge-Springs-PA.html
Founded in 1912 by the Polish National Alliance and dedicated by U.S. President William Howard Taft, Alliance College was one of the nation's first nationality colleges. Its mission was to provide educational opportunities for everyone, but especi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM185N_byron-d-benson_Titusville-PA.html
A founder and first president of Tidewater Pipe Co., est. 1878. He transformed the shipment of oil with a larger 6-inch pipe that covered greater distances than ever before. This pipeline was first to carry Pa. crude directly to coastal refineries…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM185M_early-refinery_Titusville-PA.html
The first refinery in the Oil Creek Region for crude petroleum was built nearby in 1860. The first run of oil was made in 1861. Oil was first refined at Pittsburgh, about 1854, by Samuel Kier.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM185L_titusvillia-drakei-caster_Titusville-PA.html
In ancient seabottom rocks exposed in this stream, the Holotype Specimen of a rare fossil sponge was found by Paleontologist Kenneth E. Caster. In 1939 in recognition of the support which brought the sciences of geology and paleontology to such em…