What’s New On the Monarch Park pages
- Aug. 24, 2019 –
The conversion of the site from a FrontPage system to a WordPress system was completed and released. The look and feel were kept the same, and as before, Oil City, Monarch Park and Chamor Estate were combined under the Oil City “Gateway” home page. River Ridge Farm and OCHS Class of ’63 remain as separate websites. However, several changes were made during the conversion: a Site Map was added to the top level “Gateway” menu; Help and Search were moved to the top level; an interactive map was added to the Gateway home page to show the main locations in the vicinity of Oil City; the Monarch Park Walking Tour was enhanced with a satellite view and further identification of the twenty scenes; all pages have a footer with copyright, webmaster’s name, and WordPress design identification; and a site icon
was added.
- Apr. 15, 2014 – Three new newspaper articles added. See articles from Chris Fleming of Emlenton, PA.
- Jul. 09, 2013 – A China Plate page added to “Memorabilia”.
- Sep. 25, 2012 – Replaced the Electric Tower Window page with the Carousel House Window page.
- Sep. 22, 2012 – Added more stain glass images to the Electric Tower Windows page.
- Aug. 24, 2012 – Added Light Pole images to the Memorabilia page.
- Aug. 06, 2012 – Added Folding Bench images to the Memorabilia page.
- Jul. 20, 2012 – Added a pre 1896 image to the beginning of the Postcards and Photograph page.
- Jul. 19, 2012 – Added The Carousels of Monarch Park.
- Jul. 17, 2012 – Added More Sterling Silver memorabilia.
- Feb. 17, 2012 – Added a link to the Oil City, PA videos on You Tube on the Links page.
- Jul. 11, 2011 – Added image of Electric Tower windows now in a Henry’s Bend cottage.
- Jun. 04, 2011 – Added images of a Monarch Park Sterling Silver place setting.
- Jun. 04, 2011 – Added 2 unique 6×7 inch postcards of the Dance Hall & Bowling Alley.
- Dec. 05, 2009 – Added a new surveyor’s plot map of Monarch Park.
- Dec. 05, 2009 – 1904 China Bowl page added to “Memorabilia”.
- Nov. 28, 2009 – Added a Silver Plated Tea Serving Set page to “Memorabilia”.
- Nov. 23, 2009 – Added more images to the “Monarch Park Today” page.
- Nov. 18, 2009 – Added the new “Monarch Park Today” page.
- Oct. 30, 2009 –
Moved the “Trolley System” pages to be an Oil City subject.
- Oct. 02, 2009 – Added two new postcard images from Judy Irwin.
- Sep. 25, 2009 –
Moved the ‘Links” page to www.OilCityPA.net”.
- Sep. 20, 2009 – Added images of lady drinking from a dirty cup at one of the seven park springs.
- Sep. 11, 2009 – Updated the labels on the “Monarch Park From the Air” images.
- Sep. 07, 2009 – Thanks to Rick Martyna, added the location of the park’s Bandstand and Projection Booth to an overhead image.
- Sep. 06, 2009 – Added four images showing the former Monarch Park site from the air.
- Sep. 06, 2009 – Added a link from the “A Walking Tour” page to the Electric Tower foundation image.
- Sep. 05, 2009 – Added more detail to the ice cream cone making from Rick.
- Sep. 04, 2009 – Four new images from Angie Ziegler Hall added the the “Postcards and Photographs” page.
- Sep. 04, 2009 – One new photograph from Angie Ziegler Hall added to the “Trolley Images” page.
- Sep. 04, 2009 – Added more Trolley Station detail, how the ice cream cones were made and their price.
- Sep. 04, 2009 – Added information about the Mickey McCullough orchestra to the Dance Hall.
- Sep. 04, 2009 – Added information about the Ferris Wheel.
- Sep. 04, 2009 – Added detail about the Dam to the Two-Mile-run stream and Rustic Bridge images.
- Sep. 04, 2009 – Added information about the park’s seven natural springs.
- Sep. 02, 2009 – Added 3 new images from Peter Greene of Franklin, PA to the “Postcards and Photographs” page.
- Aug. 28, 2009 – Added a Silver Knife to the “Memorabilia” page.
- Aug. 22, 2009 – Added Monarch Park plot maps to the “Postcards and Photograph” page.
- Aug. 22, 2009 – Added the Trolley system plot map to the “Trolley Images” page.
- Aug. 22, 2009 – Updated the Merry-go-round images and information on the “Postcards and Photograph” page.
- Aug. 22, 2009 – Updated the Merry-go-round images and information on the “Newspaper Images” page.