Tag: Western Pennsylvania
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Know Your History: World’s First Commercial Oil Well
In 1859 in Titusville, Pennsylvania, Edwin Drake struck oil, captured it, and established the first commercial oil well in the world. Drake’s well. Here it is in August of 2020: Western Pennsylvania became the oil capital of the world for the next decade. The oil rush was on. Scores of wells dotted the aptly named…
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America in Decline? I Don’t See It.
I’ve been blessed with two months of blissful rest this summer. It’s been wonderful to reconnect with many family members I don’t have the opportunity to visit often. I’ve had the chance to eat some (too much, actually) some culinary delights which I didn’t get often in Asia. And I’ve had ample chances already, with…
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A Railroad Trail
Three hundred yards behind the house where I grew up was a railroad track. Now its a beautiful bike trail. The railroad tracks provided an important hub of activity of my childhood. It was a small, rather insignificant line which traveled from Butler PA to Freeport and beyond, but as a young boy, it…
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A Boy from Pennsylvania Weighs In
Pennsylvania did it. It ruthlessly defied the odds and pushed Donald Trump into the White House. Everyone is still in shock. Both Republicans and Democrats. Something was afoot, and everyone (or nearly everyone) missed it. I grew up in Butler County, western Pennsylvania, just north of Pittsburgh. It has a series of small towns, rolling…
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My Smashwords Interview!
I recently just published “The Recluse Storyteller” on Smashwords (pre-release with an October 8 release date) and here’s the interview I wrote up for them. Please check it out: Smashwords Interview with Mark W Sasse
Author Mark W Sasse 