Here are buried an unknown number of local victims of the worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918-1919 — one of history's worst epidemics in terms of deaths. In Butler County, the worst period was early October to early November 1918, with some…
Known as "Uncle Billy" Smith. In 1859, he drilled the world's first successful oil well with tools that he made in his blacksmith shop near Tarentum. The well, 69½ feet deep, was drilled near Titusville for Colonel Edwin Drake. "Uncle Billy" …