The Unitarian College, 1908 From the mid 1800’s up through the early 1900’s Meadville had not just one college in the city, but two-- ...

Coach John Heisman (center) with his 1909 Georgia Tech team. The name Heisman has become synonymous with the best in college football,...

Front view of the Saegertown Inn with French Creek along left side. With the overwhelming interest in photographs of the Saegertown Inn...

Ohio race horses helped bring about the county fair With the excitement of the Crawford County Fair  upon us, it’s worth taking a belat...

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 ...

From a 1907 postcard, Conneaut Lake's main thoroughfare (Water Street) facing west.  With summer now if full swing, many area reside...

Oakwood Park, Meadville PA In the late 1890’s, after acquiring a parcel of approximately 35 acres, the Meadville Traction Company estab...

As colorful balloons fill the skies over Crawford County for the annual Thurston Classic , it’s always a worthwhile venture to dig int...

James Densmore As you string out words into strings of sentences across the screen of your computer, tablet, or mobile phone, know that...

The Sanborn Map Company  Those interested in the past often obsess over the "when" of things. The first person settled in 182...

On January 27, 1888, the National GeographicSociety was founded in Washington, D.C., for “the increase and diffusion of geographical kno...

A.C. early ranching days F riction between ranchers and the federal government over the use of public lands recently witnessed in the...