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2009 Upcoming Events

United Refining Company Exhibit
May 2009
Warren County Historical Society Victorian Parlor
210 Fourth Avenue, Warren, PA 16365
Please stop and learn more about the oil refining process and the United Refining Company
Hours available--Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
& Saturday from 9 AM to noon

Irvine-Newbold Tour Day
Saturday, June 20th, 10 AM to 3 PM
Wilder Museum, 51 Erie Avenue, Irvine, PA 16329
Learn the History of the Irvine-Newbold Family. Tour the Wilder Museum,
the former Newbold Estate, Irvine Presbyterian Church,
and Irvine Cemetery. $5 per person. Lunch included.

Girls Victorian Tea
Saturday, June 20, 2009 from 10 AM to 1 PM
Girls ages 7 through 12 will enjoy learning about Victorian times, having tea,
playing era games and enjoying an old fashioned ice cream social.
$7.00 Pre-registration and permission slips required. 
Warren County Historical Society, 210 Fourth Avenue, Warren.

Sesquicentennial of Oil Heritage
Saturday, July 11 from 10 AM – 2 PM
at the Wilder Museum, 51 Erie Avenue, Irvine, PA 16329
“Warren County Oil Daze”
“Well Shooting”
“How Oil Wells Work”
(Tours will be given at the 646 Mystery Well (July 11 from11 AM – 6 PM). Free!

Gustav & Everett Borg--Oil Image Exhibit
Warren County Historical Society Traveling Exhibit
July 20, 2009 through August 2009
Warren Public Library, Wetmore Gallery, 205 Market Street, Warren

Warren County Tales
Thursday, July 30, 2009 from 6 – 8 PM. Free!
“Black Gold – Tales of the Oil Men”
Dan Weaver, Education Specialist at Drake Well Museum
Wilder Museum, 51 Erie Avenue, Irvine, PA 16329

Oakland Cemetery Picnic
Sunday, August 2, 2009 from 1 to 5 PM at 37 Mohawk Avenue, Warren
Bring a lunch and enjoy picnicking on the cemetery grounds at 1 PM.
Beginning at 2:30 please join us for an opening ceremony at the Odds fellow Circle.
Afterwards explore the cemetery and find tour guides located at different points of interest in the cemetery.

Native American Storytelling at Kinzua Heritage Arts & Music Festival
Saturday, August 22, 2009 from 1 – 4 PM
Featuring the Order of the Arrow--Free with Admission to Heritage Festival.

Allegheny Folk School
Edible & Medicinal Plants

Wilder Museum, 51 Erie Avenue, Irvine, PA 16329
Saturday, September 5, 2009 from 10 AM to 4 PM

Commemorate the Sesquicentennial of Oil with Margo Mong
Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Main Courtroom, Warren County Courthouse, Warren

Seldom Seen Tour of the Victorian Mansion
located at 210 Fourth Avenue, Warren, PA
September 25, 2009 from 6 to 8:30 PM
Visit the servants' quarters, Tommy Struthers' nursery
and many more special artifacts not usually visible to the public.
$5 per person at the door.

Halloween Horse-drawn Trolley Rides and “Haunted” Open House
Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Listen to eerie stories from Warren’s thrilling past as you trot through the historic district. 
Enjoy free refreshments and view the decorated haunted Struthers-Wetmore-Schimmelfeng home,
headquarters of the Warren County Historical Society.
Free Open House, Trolley Rides $6.00 per person first, come first serve.
210 Fourth Avenue, Warren.

Haunted Museum
Wilder Museum, 51 Erie Avenue, Irvine, PA 16329
Friday & Saturday, October 16th & 17th from 6 to 9 PM. $5 per person

Authors' Signing
November 27, 2009 from 1 PM to 4 PM
Meet the local authors!

Victorian Christmas Open House & Horse-drawn Trolley Rides
Friday, December 4, 2009 from 6 PM to 8:30 PM
Come join us for free refreshments, live music, Victorian decorations by the award-winning Warren Garden Club, and bracing trolley rides through historic downtown Warren.
Free Open House, Trolley Rides $5.00 per person, first come, first serve. 
210 Fourth Avenue, Warren.

Girls Victorian Christmas Tea
Saturday, December 12, 2009 from 10 AM to 1 PM
All girls ages 7 through 12 will love learning to send messages by the “Language of the Fans.” 
Dress up in Victorian clothes for picture taking, and learn about the Victorian Age.  Lunch is included.
$10.00 Pre-registration and permission slips required.

 

 

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210 Fourth Avenue, Warren, Pennsylvania  16365   Phone: (814)723-1795