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Oil, Blood, and Mud
Abram Brinker, a Civil War veteran, returns home to find his fiancée has married another man. Readjusting to civilian life is difficult enough, but living in the same town is just too much. After trying his hand at farming again, he is lured to the possibility of employment and adventure in a brand new area in the Oil Creek Valley, just a few miles from where Col. Drake first discovered oil in Titusville, PA. Pithole City has sprung to life in a desolate field where a new strike has been made. People are flocking to the area from all over with hopes of striking it rich. Abe has no such illusions; he is merely seeking a change of scenery and a chance to make an honest living.
Western Pennsylvania's Oil Heritage
The discovery of oil flowing from a well in the wilds of northwestern Pennsylvania shook the modern world in 1859. Refined as kerosene for lamps, a lubricant for home and industrial needs, and ultimately as a fuel for transportation in the form of gasoline, oil literally changed the world and defined global economics and politics. Western Pennsylvanias Oil Heritage profiles the history of Pennsylvania oil from its discovery and development to its impact on the culture, economy, and environment of the oil region. These vintage postcards provide a glimpse into the wide-ranging history of western Pennsylvanias oil region, from the cradle of the industry at Oil Creek, to the immensely productive Bradford oil field, and on to cities and towns like Oil City, built largely by the black gold.
Coal and Culture
A critical appreciation of the opera house in the coal-mining region of Appalachia from the mid 1860s to the early 1930s, Coal and Culture demonstrates that these were multipurpose facilities that were used for traveling theater, concerts, religious events, lectures, commencements, boxing matches, benefits, union meetings, and - if the auditorium had a flat floor - skating and basketball.
