The CUPublic History Blog

First, you might be wondering why we totally misspelled Public History...the easy answer has to do with Clarion itself. While most people refer to Clarion as "CU" (Clarion University), we are officially CUP (Clarion University of Pennsylvania). So a clever play on the word leads us to our title.

We hope you enjoy the blog. Our intention is to keep the public up to date on our projects with Drake Well Museum. Please let us know what you think we can do better!

CUPublic History

Apr 28, 20191 min read

Why Titusville? Oil, thats why.

After a semester of research and work, our group was able to discover where the Moore House guests were coming from and what they were...

CUPublic History

Apr 24, 20191 min read

Finalizing Our Website

So we learned a hard and valuable lesson while working on our website and that's that technology doesn't work always the way you want it...

CUPublic History

Apr 24, 20191 min read

Stop, Drop N' Roll: Burn, Baby, Burn!

As a team we have decided to each choose a location within Pennsylvania based on industry. Brandi chose to look at Harrisburg. Sarah...

CUPublic History

Apr 10, 20191 min read

Moore House Up Date!

We researched the list of names in the register of the hotel, we encountered several challenges in the process thereof. First,...

CUPublic History

Apr 10, 20191 min read

Stop, Drop, N' Roll: What's heating up?

As our research continues we have found that the volunteer fire department in the United States was located in Philadelphia and was...

CUPublic History

Apr 8, 20191 min read

Checking in from Titusville

Through communications with the staff at the Drake Well Museum and intense research by our own team members, we are well on our way to...

CUPublic History

Mar 20, 20191 min read

What's Hot in Titusville?

Our goal is to create a plotted map of those who passed through Titusville and stayed at the Moore House in the 19th century. We decided...

CUPublic History

Mar 13, 20191 min read

Why The Moore House?

The Moore house was a hotel visited by great names such as Rockefeller shortly after the Civil War when Drake Well in Titusville, PA...

CUPublic History

Mar 4, 20191 min read

Stop Drop N' Roll

Late 1800s Fire Department Badges Using designated fire department badges found at the Drake Well Museum in Titusville, Pennsylvania we...