Gate House at the Pymatuning Reservior - 1930's |
Sunday, July 16, 2017
Origins of The Pymatuning Resevoir
Labels:
1860's,
1910's,
1930's,
Little Known Facts,
Local Industry,
Pymatuning
Location:
Pymatuning Reservoir, United States
Sunday, June 18, 2017
Salt and Mud: Early Roads and the First Turnpike in Western Pennsylvania
A turnpike being raised |
Today, a trip from Meadville to Pittsburgh takes about an hour and half. The worst travelers have to deal with today are the occasional storm, constant road repairs, and the terror of witnessing a driver attempting to merge while texting. Two-hundred years ago, the story was quite different. Obviously 79 did not exist, but neither did many other roads save for the one carved out of the woodlands by the French prior to their expulsion by the British or the many trails left by the native Americans. These same paths became the roads of the pioneers that would settle the area fifty years later until, due to pressure from trade, the first turnpike in Western Pennsylvania was built.
Sunday, April 30, 2017
Meadville's Other Major College
The Unitarian College, 1908 |
Labels:
1840's,
1890's,
1920's,
Family Histories,
Little Known Facts,
Meadville
Location:
Meadville, PA 16335, USA
Sunday, April 16, 2017
The World War 1 Artwork of Clarence Underwood
Clarence F. Underwood - 1905 |
Training
Clarence attended both the public schools as well as Allegheny College, but art was his ticket to the larger world. Leaving Meadville he received formal training at the Art Students League in New York, then London, and later at the Julian Academy in Paris as a pupil of Jean-Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and William Bouguereau, in 1896. Soon after leaving the Academy, Clarence would choose for himself a career as an illustrator.
Labels:
1900's,
1910's,
Allegheny College,
Little Known Facts,
Local Historical Figures,
Meadville,
The Great War
Location:
Meadville, PA 16335, USA
Sunday, March 12, 2017
John Heisman - Football Legend from Titusville
Coach John Heisman (center) with his 1909 Georgia Tech team. |
Labels:
1880's,
1890's,
1900's,
1910's,
Little Known Facts,
Local Historical Figures,
Sports History,
The Oil Boom,
Titusville
Location:
Titusville, PA 16354, USA
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