Venango

The French officers at a post which they called Venango received Washington very politely and asked him to supper.

The Passing of New France : a Chronicle of Montcalm William Charles Henry Wood 1905

Two years later a well was sunk to the depth of seventy feet, in Venango County, Pennsylvania.

The Petroleum Oil-Fields at Franklin, Pennsylvania 1864

They pushed through the woods in a northwestwardly direction, and at last reached a place called Venango, not very far from where Pittsburg now stands.

Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans James Baldwin 1883

Boeuf falls into the Ohio, at the place called Venango; it went up this river towards lake Erie as far as twenty leagues, and setting off again from the same place, Venango, a right line was drawn as far as the last mountains of Virginia, which descend towards the ocean.

The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII Jared Sparks 1827

Two Virginia traders had been captured at Venango in August by French soldiers, who confiscated their goods and dragged them away in irons.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

Word had arrived from Venango, where French Indian agent Joncaire Chabert had called in Mingos, Delawares, and other nations and advised them that the French had intended to go on to the Forks that fall, but the weather prevented it.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

He received no immediate response but later heard that Montour was headed for Venango with 300 Indians.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

They reached Venango on December 4, after trudging seventy miles from Logstown.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

Legardeur had sent a party of Canadians and Indians to shadow the English, Gist spotting them on the 22nd, just outside Venango.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

The packers and horses were waiting at Venango, as ordered.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011