Local History Collection @ CAPL
Cochranton Area Public Library has a collection of various local history resources. These items can be viewed in the library only and may not be checked out.
Cochranton School Items:
- Cochranton High School yearbooks - various years from 1947 to 1999
- Cochranton Elementary School yearbooks - school years 1969-70, 1976-77, and 1977-78
- Cochranton Cardinals football 1985 season program
- Crawford County school annual directory 1933-34
- Cohiso Annuals - various years from 1929 to 1946
- Cohiso student newspapers - November 1927 to February 1934
Cemetery Indexes:
- Cochranton Cemetery Directory and Genealogical Guide
- Randolph Township Cemeteries Directory & Genealogical Guide
- Greenwood Township Cemeteries Directory & Genealogical Guide
- Fairfield & East Fairfield Township Cemeteries Directory & Genealogical Guide
- Wayne Township Cemeteries Directory & Genealogical Guide
- Union Township Cemeteries Directory & Genealogical Guide
- Crawford County, Pa. cemetery inscriptions - Cemeteries of Beaver Township, East Fairfield Township, Fairfield Township, Steuben Township
Books:
- History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania 1885 – 2 volumes
- History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania – 2 volumes
- History of Venango County, Pennsylvania – 2 volumes
- Place names of Crawford County by Fredrick Seely
- Our county and its People by Samuel Bates
- Cochranton Centennial Celebration – 1955
- History of Pithole and Oil Region Directories
- A Pictorial History of Crawford County by The Meadville Tribune
- The birth of the Oil Industry by Paul H. Giddens
- Conneaut Lake Park 100 years of Fun
- Talon Inc.: a Romance of Achievement
- Historic Bridges of Crawford County by Scott D. Heberling
- Pioneers of Crawford County by Robert D. Ilesevich
- Crawford County Genealogical Society paperback publications from 1978 and 1979
- Cochranton Fair program books - various years from 1941 to 2004
- Killer Tornadoes May 31, 1985
Other Resources:
- Various binders of local history and genealogical information on Cochranton families compiled by Roy W. Smith
- McDaniel family history compiled by various family members; donated by Nancy Meislahn and Ann Harned, daughters of Velma McDaniel Roha
- History of Cochranton as published in The Cochranton Times by Roy W. Smith
- A History of the French Settlement in Crawford County (June 1988) by Paul T. Poux
- Cochranton Heritage Society's newsletter, Heritage Times - various issues
- The Daily Tribune-Republican Centennial Edition, May 12, 1888 (original and 1983 reprint)
- Meadville Its Past and Present – Sesqui-Centennial edition of The Tribune-Republican May 12, 1788-1938 (2 copies)
