CABOT — The Butler County Historical Society will have a grand reopening of its Cooper Cabin property beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday.

The property at 199 Cooper Road has not been open to the public for years. Society Executive Director Jennifer Ford said volunteers worked all spring and summer repairing, cleaning and staging the cabin for visitors.

Tours of the cabin will be conducted at 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. To make reservations for a tour, visit the historical society website or call 724-283-8116. Society members can take the tour for free while nonmembers will be charged $5.

In addition, the 63rd Pa. Volunteer Infantry Regiment Company C Civil War re-enactment group will present an interactive demonstration at 3 p.m. Volunteers will read letters from three Cooper cousins who participated in the Civil War.

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