Venango County Historical Society

08/24/2026

Here is your chance to win a beautiful set of three volumes of original Venango County histories, and one high-quality reprint edition. These beautiful and rare books in outstanding condition are a gift of Grant Carner and chances are available for members and non-members alike. They have a combined value of around $500. The price of each chance is $10. The tickest are for sale and the books are available for inspection at the Becoming America 250 gift shop at the corner of 12th and Otter Street, Thurs-Saturday 11-4 PM. The drawing will be held at the EMK-House Museum on the last day of Apple Fest, Oct. 4 at 3 PM.

08/24/2026

Looking to find a home for those books of yours that you no longer wish to keep ... looking for some new (used) books to read...
We are gearing up for our 2026 Applefest book sale, one of our largest fundraisers of the year. All sale proceeds will go toward the preservation of local history.

We are still accepting donations of good condition used books (paperbacks, hardbacks, children's books) and media of all kinds, DVDs, CDs, magazines, sheet music, etc. We will have over 7,000 used books on offer from Oct. 2-4 this year.

Just drop them off at the Egbert-Mullins-Koos house, if we are not open, feel free to leave them on the front porch!

We will be selling books at $1 for hardbacks, .50 for paper backs, 3 paperbacks for a dollar, and in the garage we will have antique, rare, and local interest books from $2 up as priced. Friday, Saturday 10 AM until 5 PM, Sunday we will selling books by the bag! Noon to 3 PM.

08/13/2026

08/13/2026

Nowadays people tend to build brick or cement block factories, but the Keystone View Company started out with factories made of wood. Stop by on Friday, Saturday or Sunday from 10 to 4 to learn more about the world's largest stereoscopic company.

08/13/2026

Iron-grey clouds over Franklin couldn’t touch the bright, warm and busy atmosphere inside the kitchen of the St. Patrick Church parish hall on Monday morning where about a dozen parishioners

08/13/2026

Buster Keaton’s legendary comedy follows a determined locomotive engineer who pursues his stolen train deep into enemy territory.

08/13/2026

Clothing in the Oil Region had to balance two realities. The first was practical: mud, oil, and grease. The second was social: hats, ready-made clothes, custom tailoring, and the latest styles.

Clothing changed depending on work, travel, money, and the occasion. No matter how carefully someone dressed, the tough conditions of the oil boom were always close by.

A merchant could promise clothing in the latest style, but the street might cover it in mud before the customer even crossed it.

Read our newest blog post here: https://www.venangomuseum.org/post/oil-boom-fashion

08/13/2026

08/13/2026

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