Warren County

CHAPTER XXXIV HISTORY OF BROKENSTRAW TOWNSHIP   BROKENSTRAW township, which was organized as “Number Four,” on the 8th of March, 1821, lies near the geographical center of Warren county, and is bounded north by Sugar Grove, east by Conewango and Allegheny River, separating it from the township of Pleasant, south by Deerfield, and west by … Read more

CHAPTER XXXIII HISTORY OF CONEWANGO TOWNSHIP ALTHOUGH Conewango was not the first township to be organized in the county, it is given a place in these pages next to the borough of Warren, by reason of the fact that from 1808, when it became the second township of Warren, until 1832, the town was only … Read more

CHAPTER XXXII HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH OF WARREN   UPON the old French and English colonial maps of this part of America, made, of course, before the beginning of the Revolutionary War, a point on the right bank of the Allegheny River, just below its junction with the Conewango, is marked by a word variously … Read more

CHAPTER XXXI THE BENCH AND BAR Interesting Memoirs of the President Judges now Deceased – Full Mention of Those Who Survive – The Bar – A Complete Roll of Attorneys Admitted Since the Organization of the County – Remarks Concerning Some of the Earliest Resident Attorneys – Notes Relating to Present Attorneys in Active Practice. … Read more

CHAPTER XXX RIVER NAVIGATION, ETC., WAGON ROADS, RAILROADS Source of the Conewango – Navigable Waters of the County – Asking Aid for Their Improvement – Survey of the Allegheny by U.S. Engineers – Its Length and Fall from Olean to Pittsburgh – Early Manner of Transporting Freight and Passengers – Keel-boats – Their Great Usefulness … Read more

CHAPTER XXIX  CIVIL LIST Members of the United States House of Representatives – Judge United States Court of Claims – United States Consul – Lieutenant-Governor – Auditor-General – Member of State Constitutional Convention – State Senators – Members of Assembly – President Judges – Sheriffs – County Commissioners – Prothonotaries – County Treasurers – Registers … Read more

CHAPTER XXVIII PETROLEUM The “Fontaine de Bitume” – The Earliest French Missionaries Aware of its Existence – Also the English – Early References to the Same – Washington and Jefferson Speak of “Bituminous Oil” in Virginia – Evidences that the French Gathered the Oil at Titusville – It is Known to Early Inhabitants as “Seneca … Read more

CHAPTER XXVII THE PRESS A Description of Warren’s First Printer and Publisher – The Conewango Emigrant – Its First Editor – Interesting Details – The Warren Gazette – Its Editors, Publishers, etc. – Voice of the People – The Union – Warren Bulletin – Democratic Advocate – Warren Standard – Warren Ledger – People’s Monitor … Read more

CHAPTER XXVI AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES The First “Agricultural Show” – Organization of the Warren County Agricultural Society – Its Officers – First Annual Fair – Names of Those to Whom were Awarded Premiums – Extract from Judge Wetmore’s Address – Subsequent Fairs, Officers, etc. – Organization of the Union Agricultural Society – Sugar Grove its Headquarters … Read more

CHAPTER XXV  TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATIONS  Brokenstraw the Original Township of the County – Conewango Organized in 1808 – Spring Creek, Sugar Grove, Pine Grove, Kinzua, and Deerfield in 1821 – Columbus in 1825 – Limestone in 1829 – Elk in 1830 – Sheffield and Freehold in 1833 – Pleasant in 1834 – Southwest in 1838 – … Read more