Development of Evans City
Unsustainability and its conclusion.
However, the booms that helped propel Evans City into its state of growth were ultimately unsustainable, and brought about a decline in business activity, and population. The coal mine of the 1890’s ran out by the 1930’s leaving a large business firm without any means of production. The oil found in the area that tended to drive people into a frenzied state quickly ran out from the over drilling that occurred, thus another factor that helped bring about growth within Evans City ultimately ran out of steam and left more people without work. On the positive side of such businesses slowing down, and population growth slowing, was the fact that overall pollution in the area was somewhat reduced. As mentioned earlier Evans City was similar to many of the old oil boom towns of the area, and once the oil ran out some people left, however unlike some of the other boom towns Evans City survived into modern times. The several reasons are the fact that Evans City got involved so late in the oil game. By the time the oil there had started to be depleted several other boom towns were already gone, and when oil ran out there the people left to find another oil rich area. However, by the 1920’s there were few new oil areas to be found in Pennsylvania hence some people stayed, Also, luck and better building construction had a part in it for certain old boom towns actually burned to the ground when accidental fires caught the closely compacted all wooden towns, and burned them completely. Also, by the 1920’s and 1930’s there was a well established community in Evans City who were vested in staying in their small town, adding the continued use of the railroads running through the region all allowed for the continued survival of Evans City.
With multiple outlets of work that allowed Evans City to grow virtually gone from the area, the City would no doubt level off and lose its once rapid rate of growth. In spite of this Evans City still stands to this day, and although it is no longer the once booming oil town of the past, nor the major outlet of transportation it once provided to Western Pennsylvanians, Evans City survives and has given no indication of fading into the history books as many other sites have.
http://www.evans-city.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=10
With multiple outlets of work that allowed Evans City to grow virtually gone from the area, the City would no doubt level off and lose its once rapid rate of growth. In spite of this Evans City still stands to this day, and although it is no longer the once booming oil town of the past, nor the major outlet of transportation it once provided to Western Pennsylvanians, Evans City survives and has given no indication of fading into the history books as many other sites have.
http://www.evans-city.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=10
