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...
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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.
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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!
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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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Stop Drop N' Roll
Late 1800s Fire Department Badges Using designated fire department badges found at the Drake Well Museum in Titusville, Pennsylvania we...
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