Franklin S. Tarbell residence; 324 East Main Street, Titusville, PA. Tarbell purchased the Bonta House near Pithole for $600, dismantled it and built this house out of the lumber in 1870. Ida Tarbell, author of The History of Standard Oil and other…
Byron D. Benson (1832-1888), first President of Tide Water Pipe Company, Ltd., 1878-1888, the first pipeline to cross the Allegheny Mountains to rival Standard Oil's control of oil transportation. DW666
Ida M. Tarbell was the author of The History of the Standard Oil Company and other books, grew up in nearby Rouseville and graduated from Titusville High School. DW665