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Men Of Ivy – Pit-Hole City – Very Rare Record With A Historical Story (Titusville Pa)

admin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:31:54 +0000

The Men Of Ivy from Muskingum College in Ohio. This is an interesting record going into great detail in a clever way about Titusville Pa’s oil boom. In 1859 Edward Drake hit oil which launched America’s oil industry as we know it. In 1865, just as the civil war was ending, the “Pit-Hole Creek” oil field was discovered. I’m not sure who “Frasier” was that they talk about in this song. From the little bit of information I was able to find on the subject it seems that this song is accurate. This is a very rare 45 from around 1960.

Duration : 0:3:17

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Oil 150 Parade & Festivities – Bradford, PA – Part 2

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:36:16 +0000

Part 2 – The end of the parade, some great music by the Twin Tiers Community Band at the Oil 150 Vendor’s Fair, and the live oil well shoot as seen on the Jumbotron screen at the BHS football field.

Visit www.backtobradford.com!

Duration : 0:9:51

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YMCA Capital Campaign, Oil City, Pennsylvania 2007

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:30:19 +0000

10 minute video presentation about the Oil City Pennsylvania YMCA Capital Campaign program to raise funds for renovations to the facility. Cinematography and complete production by Allegheny Productions or apvideo.com, Pittsburgh & Bradford, PA.

Duration : 0:10:21

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Oil City PA for Barack Obama

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:46:07 +0000

Oil City Pennsylvania for Barack Obama

Duration : 0:3:28

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Dan Littler at the Howling Dog – Oil City PA

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:36:19 +0000

Dan Littler performing at the Howling Dog in Oil City PA

Duration : 0:9:9

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Oil 150 Parade & Festivities – Bradford, PA

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:32:26 +0000

Part 1 – Bradford’s parade to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first oil strike – in western Pennsylvania.

Duration : 0:9:54

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Bradford, Pennsylvania gusher oil well

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:15:15 +0000

On Saturday, August 22, 2009, with spectators hollering out “fire in the hole!,” an oil well in Bradford, Pennsylvania was “shot” as part of the Bradford Oil 150 celebration.

The world’s first commercial oil well was drilled in not-too-far-away Titusville in 1859. Bradford became a huge oil town in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The Bradford Era newspaper still declares the town to be “The High Grade Oil Metropolis of the World.”

This oil well is on Bradford School District property and will be a working well that is used to teach schoolchildren about the oil industry. It was drilled more than 1,400 feet deep.

Duration : 0:0:47

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Mitch Littler Like a Rolling Stone Oil City PA

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:17:19 +0000

Mitch Littler sings Like a Rolling Stone in the window of the Latonia Theater, Oil City PA

Duration : 0:7:2

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Walk in the snow Oil City PA

admin — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:12:22 +0000

first snow 2008

Duration : 0:9:9

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PA: USW Local 1660 Tells McCain No Tax Breaks For Big Oil

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:31:19 +0000

USW Local 1660 members have been hit hard by rising gas prices. Their employer even gave them a check for one hundred dollars this month to help offset the cost of gas. USW Local 1660 members want to make sure John McCain knows that tax breaks for big oil while working families struggle is unacceptable.

Duration : 0:1:59

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