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The Great Snowstorm of 1944

On December 11, 2017December 11, 2017 By Jessica HilburnIn History & Obituaries6 Comments

Seventy-three years ago on this very day, the people of Titusville and the surrounding areas were talking about the same thing we have all been talking about in hushed whispers today, hoping it will pass us by: SNOW. 

The Ashtabula Train Disaster, 1876

On March 2, 2017March 2, 2017 By Jessica HilburnIn History & ObituariesLeave a comment

The night was dark and the snow fell heavily onto the moving train, slick tracks, and quiet woods along the Lake Shore Railroad from Erie, Pennsylvania to Ashtabula, Ohio. December 29th, 1876 was like many other winter nights, until at approximately 8:00pm, when everything changed.

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