Friday, October 9, 2009

Pennsylvania Oil Town


My great-grandfather created illustrations for newspapers in the late 1800's. One of the stories he contributed to was about an oil boom in a small town in Pennsylvania (McDonald, PA). I created a short video, based on his drawings and text from the newspaper article, and posted it on YouTube a few years ago. Since then, I've gotten some thank-you emails from residents of the town. This week the president of the McDonald Borough Council get in touch. It seems that they have a Welcome Station & History Center there, and wanted a copy of the video they could play there. I sent them a DVD for that purpose today. They are also requesting the state erect an historical marker on the site of the oil field, commemorating what the residents back then called "the great excitement!"

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