In 1855, the Cherry Run Valley was a quiet farming community in Venango County in northwestern Pennsylvania. The small town of Plummerville was the largest settlement in all of Cherry Run. Oil City, then know as Cornplanter, was little more then Hasson's Cornfield and Gristmill. Pithole was the home to several pioneers who had each acquired plots of four hundred acres from the Holland Land Company. However, on August 27-28, 1859, Col. Edwin L. Drake and Uncle Billy successfully struck oil near Titusvilleacross Oil Creek in north Venango County. As the news spread to the world, an onslaught of curious reporters, speculators, and adventurers filled the valley. Farms were bought and leased to investors and then often subleased before a well was even bored. Life was about to change dramatically for the people of the Cherry Run Valley. Images from private, local collections make Cherry Run Valley: Plumer, Pithole, and Oil City a true local treasure. From the earliest days to the first sighting of the new commodity to the migration down the length of Oil Creek, the Cherry Run Valley weathered it all. Plumer remains a beautiful village at the entrance to Oil Creek State Park, and Pithole went from buckwheat farm to boomtown to ghost town and now a popular state museum and park. This truly unique place and its history are captured in this long-awaited volume.
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Steve Karns, a native of Cherry Run, chronicles the story of the valley through rare images and the personal narratives of the families who still call Cherry Run Valley their home. His lifelong interest in local history has culminated in the publication of this striking collection of rare photographs and stories of the early days of the Cherry Run Valley.
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"End-of-Oil"...'ghost' towns--east,
This review is from: Cherry Run Valley: Plumer, Pithole, and Oil City (PA) (Images of America) (Paperback)
Drake Oil Well was first major strike,East--Titusville, near Oil City,PA..local newspaper is called: "the Derrick".. (Prof) & Cinematographer S Karnes does "Living History" period enactments of characters like role of James Dean in "Giant". He has a feature documentary in Development,for which this book is a timeline.
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In the first half of the 19th century, Plumer, then known as Plummerville, was the largest settlement in Cornplanter Township. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Dick Turk, Cherry Run, Bill Huber, Drake Well Museum, Jim Stoudt, Allegheny River, New York, Venango County, Plumer School, Venango Historical Society, Beers Camp, Perry Irwin, Walnut Bend, Eagle Rock Road, John Russell, Peter Berry, Cornplanter Township, Franklin Warren Pike, Jim Staudt, Lois Horner, Pick Turk, Tarr Farm, Central Avenue, Christian Brecht, Coma Turk New!
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In the first half of the 19th century, Plumer, then known as Plummerville, was the largest settlement in Cornplanter Township. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Dick Turk, Cherry Run, Bill Huber, Drake Well Museum, Jim Stoudt, Allegheny River, New York, Venango County, Plumer School, Venango Historical Society, Beers Camp, Perry Irwin, Walnut Bend, Eagle Rock Road, John Russell, Peter Berry, Cornplanter Township, Franklin Warren Pike, Jim Staudt, Lois Horner, Pick Turk, Tarr Farm, Central Avenue, Christian Brecht, Coma Turk New!
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- Thomas Jefferson (American Statesman) by John Torrey Morse on page 31
- The East River (Images of America) by The Greater Astoria Historical Society on page 16
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