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OIL CITY, PA


Pictures from Oil City Pennsylvania

This picture is of an Oil City school - I don't know which one - in 1908. Asmy schoolteacher sister-in-law pointed out, there's obviously a springprogram in the offing.
The younger children in front have tissue paper"buds" on their heads;
the older children in the back have fully openedflowers on their heads and are carrying little corsages or flower chains intheir hands.
My great-uncle, Peter Fitzpatrick, is the tall boy standingbetween the teachers. As the flower on his head is a different color, wesurmise that Peter had a special role in the pageant.
Peter died in hisearly 20's, possibly from complications from epilepsy.

This is my Great-grandfather's Blacksmith shop, located on Mainstreet.
The picture dates from the very late 1800's or (at most)the early 1900's. Edward Fitzpatrick served in the 6th U.S. Cavalry duringthe Civil War, and made his living as a farrier.
He and his son (by hisfirst wife) Harry, and a third unknown person are shown in front of theshop.

This is the Fitzpatrick's house, located next door to the smithy.
This isan earlier picture, taken in the late 1880's,
and the woman sitting to theright of the porch is, my gggrandmother, Katherine Armstrong,originally of Ireland.

This is a copy of an original, courtesy of my cousin Donna KeithPhillips.
This is of the Keeley (or Keely) homestead, the basis of the nowdisappeared "town" of Keeley Corners.
This is the house built by Hamilton B. Keeley in thelate 1860's. That's Hamilton standing to the foreground, probably with hisfour daughters and wife standing around them or back at the house.
Based ontheir clothes, the picture was probably taken in the 1880's. The housestill stands and is, in the process of renovation.
Hamilton was a generous and religious person. He gave away much ofhis land for small amounts to friends and family, donated the land forKeeley School, and was a pillar of his church.

Contributor:
Mary Keith
mkeith@mccdistrict.org
offers to do lookups in this Souvenir of the Oil City Derrick