• Railroads Through Spartansburg (5/1/1862) -    The Oil Creek Railroad line from Titusville to Corry opened in 1862.  The Oil Creek became a part of… …
  • Spartansburg Sentinel (Newspaper) (2/28/1885) -   ***NOTE*** Through the generous contribution from the Firth family, photo images of the Sentinel from 1902-1908 will be posted. … …
  • The Spartansburg Bank (1882-1905) (3/4/1905) - In 1882, a bank was organized in Spartansburg.  The bank was a private bank with no state or federal backing. … …
  • Grange National Bank (4/20/1908) - The Grange National Bank was the 2nd bank in Spartansburg.  It's establishment came within 3 years after the failure of… …

As Spartansburg grew and prospered, services and public works options became available.

At one time, Spartansburg had gas pumps along Main Street, natural gas lines in town (from a private well) and a weekly newspaper.

The railroad was important to businesses and individuals and made several runs through town each day.