Union City's railroad connectivity and existing lumber businesses positioned the small community, after the discovery of oil near Titusville in 1859, to establish an oil-barrel industry. The Woods & Johnson barrel factory by 1870 employed 70 . . . — — Map (db m175393) HM
The South Branch of French Creek — also known as "Little French Creek" — powered Union City's earliest economy, contributed to the community's worst flood, and most recently has become appreciated as part of one of the most biologically diverse . . . — — Map (db m175394) HM
Union City in the latter half of the 19th century became a furniture manufacturing center of national reputation. Companies included Union City Chair, Ethan Allen, Shreve Furniture, Eastman Furniture, Enterprise Chair Works, Globe Furniture, . . . — — Map (db m175391) HM
Settled in 1797 and established as Union City in 1871 after being named Miles Mills and Union Mills. The Historic District comprises more than 100 buildings erected between 1865 and 1925. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. — — Map (db m175390) HM
North Main Street has been Union City's commercial hub throughout its history, and its architecture was a significant contributing factor to the inclusion of the Union City Borough Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places in . . . — — Map (db m175392) HM
Noted writer; biographer of Lincoln, historian of Standard Oil; born Nov. 5, 1857, in her grandfather's log home at Hatch Hollow, about two miles to east. She died Jan. 6, 1944, at Bridgeport, Connecticut. — — Map (db m64580) HM
Near Titusville. The Park and Museum are owned by the State. On the site Col. Edwin Drake struck oil Aug. 27, 1859, marking the birth of the petroleum industry. Historical and museum material center. — — Map (db m64581) HM
