Clarion County

CHAPTER XXXIX FROM THE OIL ERA TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1877 – 1887 Railroads – Politics – Statistics – County Finances – Civil List – Newspapers – Post – offices – Agricultural Association – Public Buildings. RAILROADS THE Emlenton, Shippenville and Clarion Railroad was built as an outlet to the rich oil territory then existing … Read more

CHAPTER XXXVIII THE LUMBER AND COAL INDUSTRIES Early Lumbering – Hahn & Metzgar – Marvin, Rulofson & Company – Penn Mill – Shoup & Siegworth – Cobb & Sons – Paint Mills – Star Mills – P. Haskell – Byrom, Minor & Gordon – Higby Tract – Arthurs Coal and Lumber Company – Blake Tract … Read more

CHAPTER XXXVII THE DEVELOPMENT OF PETROLEUM Deer Creek Oil Spring – The Pocohontas – Early Operations – Graham’s Landing – Foxburg – First Pipe Line – Grass Flats – St. Petersburg – Turkey City and Monroeville – The St. Lawrence – Edenburg – Beaver City – Elk City – Pipe Lines – Cogley Field – … Read more

CHAPTER XXXVI FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE OIL ERA – 1865-1877 Oil Mania – Apprentices – The Allegheny Valley Railroad – The Low Grade – Telegraphic – Attempt to Move County Seat – Politics – Statistics – County Finances In 1864 and 1865 Clarion county was the scene of the wildest speculation in hypothetical … Read more

CHAPTER XXXV MISCELLANEOUS ENLISTMENTS Captain Tanner’s Independent Company: Muster – Service  – Roll. List of Soldiers Enrolled in Various Other Organizations Than Those Already Named. Captain Tanner’s company was not entirely of Clarion county men. The company was composed of 100-day men. It was mustered in August 30, 1864, and discharged December 10, 1864. Its … Read more

CHAPTER XXXIV COMPANY B, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINTH REGIMENT Enlistment – Remarkable Number of Desertions – Roll Concerning this company we know little. It was recruited in Clarion county; was mustered in October 16, 1862, at Camp Howe, near Pittsburgh, and mustered out July 26 (or 27), 1863, at Harrisburg, having been in the field … Read more

CHAPTER XXXIII COMPANY K, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT P. V. FOURTEENTH CAVALRY First Enlistment Recruits – Other Recruits – In the Field – Record of the Men THE following named Clarion county men enlisted in September, 1862, at New Bethlehem, Pa., in Captain David K. Duff’s cavalry company, viz: John W. McNutt, recruiting officer; … Read more

CHAPTER XXXII COMPANY H, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIFTH REGIMENT P.V. Enrollment – Services – Casualties – Roll No company in the whole number of Clarion county companies deserves a higher place in the estimation of the reader than Company H, of the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth. It was recruited at Rimersburg, by Professor John Ewing, … Read more

CHAPTER XXXI COMPANY G, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIFTH REGIMENT P.V. Enlistment – To the Field – Services – Roll In July, 1862, Dr. Klotz recruited a company known as the “West Clarion Guards.” The men were enlisted in Richland, Salem and Washington townships. The company met at Blair’s Corners August 14, and proceeded by wagons … Read more

CHAPTER XXX COMPANY H, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT P.V. Enrollment – Route to the Field – Services – Roll SOME time in July, 1862, Dr. Charles B. Strattan, of Strattanville, received a letter from Colonel Roy Stone, of Warren, Pa., asking him to enlist a company for his Bucktail Brigade, then being formed at … Read more