Welcome to the Titusville Oil 150 Website.  We are working hard to prepare for what we believe will be an event of monumental impact for all of NWPA and especially for the City of Titusville.  The opportunity to bring Titusville into the national spotlight has not been this available since the Centennial Celebration held in 1959.  Dan Beck, formerly of Titusville, now residing in New York City has described the importance of this coming year extremely well when he wrote the following:

"Very few communities in the entire United States are the home of an historic event that warrants an anniversary celebration able to impact local and national attention.  The discovery of oil and oil’s ultimate impact, not only on our nation, but on the entire globe, is perhaps the most pivotal economic moment in man’s history on earth.  Billions of people have been affected every day of their lives over the past 150 years because of the imperatives oil has established in such a vast array of consumer and industrial goods.   This impact has only intensified, and today, oil is the #1 topic on the lips of world leaders, both corporate and governmental.  It is affecting the personal decisions of billions of people on a daily basis.  

The celebration of this discovery is not just to commemorate the birth date of this staggering economic transition upon our human existence.  This is a moment of profound comprehension of the vast social and environmental impact that has transpired from this discovery over the past 150 years.  Henry Ford and the Wright Brothers, modern medicine, and virtually every invention since that day in August of 1859, has been either made possible by or heavily influenced by that discovery.

Next August, Titusville will be in the news on a national and international level.  The people of Titusville have an enormous and distinct opportunity to embrace this historic event, plan for it, and create a new respect and new benefits for the community at large."

Please join in enthusiastic support of the Titusville Oil 150 Celebration by volunteering to serve on the planning committee.  For more information, feel free to contact any of the following members.

• Barbara Ives, General Chairperson - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• Lynn Gagnon, Events Chairperson -  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it