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History of Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA

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Visit Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1854 - Titusville
  Titusville, a thriving post-borough of Crawford county, Pennsylvania, on Oil creek, 28 miles E. from Meadville. It is well supplied with water-power, ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1859 - August 27 - 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake
  
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•  1865 - FATAL RAILROAD DISASTER. COLLISION ON THE OIL CREEK RAILROAD. NINE PERSONS INSTANTLY KILLED AND TEN TO FIFTEEN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
  Erie, Penn., Thursday, Aug. 24.
  A collision between a passenger and freight train occurred on the Oil Creek Railroad this morning. Nine persons were ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1889 - Terrific Storm.
  TITUSVILLE, Pa., July 3. - A terrific thunder storm passed over this city last evening, followed by two cloud bursts that caused a serious overflow...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1892 - June 4 - Oil City & Titusville Penn, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die
  
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• 1895 - Titusville
  Titusville, a city of Crawford co., Pa., is situated on Oil Creek, and on the Oil Creek & Alleghany River Rail road, at the terminus of the Dunkirk & ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Torpedoing a Well near Titusville, Pa.
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  East Main Street, Titusville, Pa.
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  Women's Club Building, Titusville, Pa.
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• 1906
  Titusville, a city of Crawford co., Pa., is situated on Oil Creek and on the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pitts burg and the Pennsylvania Rs., 18...Read MORE...