Pullman Standard, at one time a leading employers in the county, closed its doors in 1982, and several light industries, a mall and offices have been built on the site since.

In this 1902 photograph, employees are shown with the first railroad car produced at the Standard Steel Car Co. In 1907, the plant produced more than 27,000 railroad cars. In 1930, the company merged with Pullman Inc. of Chicago.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>

The Bantam Jeep was designed by the American Bantam Car Company in Butler as World War II heated up. The Army ordered 1,500 of the cars in 1941 for field testing, below. But Bantam did not have the production capacity to win a contract.

• According to "Butler County, the Second Hundred Years" by Audrey Fetters and Ralph Goldinger, Butler County manufactured a wide variety of items for personal and industrial use:Horace Morrison owned a <B>lollypop factory </B>at 252 Pillow St., the current site of Schneiders Heating.Chauncey Craig owned and operated a <B>wig and broom factory </B>on West Diamond Street.