Crawford County: Welcoming the 21st Century

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Crawford County: Welcoming the 21st Century We passed over some good land since we eft Venango, and through several extensive and very rich meadows, one of which, I believe, was nearly four miles in length, and consid­erably wide in some places. Twenty-one year old George Washington, who would in time become a major landholder and land specula­tor, described Crawford County in 1753 as he carried a dispatch demanding the com­mander of the...
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Lost and Found

Posted by on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on Lost and Found Lost Solomon R. Dresser (1842-1911), who amassed a for­tune in the oil industry, built his palatial residence, Belleview Terrace, in Bradford, McKean County, in 1903 after being entranced by the Michigan Building at the 1901 Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Many Bradford residents who grew wealthy during the oil boom years erected huge houses (see “Survival of An American Boom...
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