Friends' meeting, basement at Benson Memorial Library, February 10, 1987, Diana Hughes seated left, Marcia Millmore seated right, Standing L to R: Sue Brown, Barbara Auchter, Martha Beal, Esther Chen, Babs Kinder
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