| RECOMMENDED READING: |
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| “Walking Tours Of Historic Franklin”,
Franklin Rotary Club, 1990 |
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| “Oil, Oil, Oil”, Michener,
Venango County Historical Society, 1997 |
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| ”Views Of River Ridge Farm”, Mong,
1999 reprint of 1925 publication |
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| ACCOMODATIONS: |
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| Quality Inn and Conference Center(a full
service hotel), 1411 Liberty Avenue
(814)437-3031 |
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| Quo Vadis (a Victorian B&B),
Liberty
Avenue & 15th (814)432-4208 |
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| Lamberton House (a Victorian B&B),
1331 Otter Street |
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| DINING |
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| Quality Inn and Conference Center,
1411 Liberty Avenue (814)437-3031 |
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| Primo Barone’s, 1564 Airport
Road off Route 8 (814) 432-2588 |
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| Leonardo’s, 1267
Liberty Avenue (814) 432-8421 |
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| Also, a number of national and regional fast
food and chain restaurants are located downtown and just north on Route
8 |
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| SPECIFIC ATTRACTIONS |
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Berrywood A.O.W.
at DeBence Antique
Music World
Last one in the world
still operating
Original Nipper dog on top
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DeBence Antique Music World
Franklin, PA.
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Wurlitzer Military Band
at DeBence Antique
Music World
Jake's Favorite Machine and
the Loudest in the Collection
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| Debence
Antique Music World,
1261 Liberty
Avenue (814)432-5668(A
museum housing the largest collection of nineteenth and early twentieth
century musical machines and music boxes in the country) |
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| Venango County Historical Society(Historical
and Genealogical Research),
301 S.
Park Street (814)437-2275 |
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| FOR VISITOR INFORMATION
ON THE FRANKLIN AREA |
| Franklin
Area Chamber of Commerce, 1259
Liberty Street, Franklin, Pa. 16323 (814)
432-5823 |
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| Oil
Heritage Region Tourist Promotion Agency, Inc. P
O Box 128, Oil City, Pa. 16301 (814)
677-3152, Ext. 18 Email: tpa@venangoedc.org |
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| DRIVING DIRECTIONS |
| Interstate 80 to Exit 3, then north on Route
8; Interstate 79 to Exit 34, then east on Route 358 and Route 62 |
