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Oil wells at St. Bonaventure prevail through the 20th century

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Plaque on De la Roche Hall Courtesy of Dennis Frank BY: MORGAN KILGER, FEATURES EDITOR On the Allegheny River Trail, near Francis Hall, several well-looking structures are in the wooded areas. These structures are oil wells from the 20th Century when St. Bonaventure used oil as a key element of its funding.  “During this period,…

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Oil remains vital to Olean

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Above the entrance to De La Roche Hall, a painting of three oil rigs memorialize the vital role oil played in the history of Olean. Considering the Franciscans’ activism against climate change today, artwork honoring oil rigs seems quite out of place at a Franciscan institution. Yet, in the summer of 1627, Joseph De La…

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