John Augustus Roebling was educated in engineering and even worked for the Prussian government for several years.
But when he settled in America in 1831, he was not plan...
Brady Township is rich in colonial history complete with dark deeds and minor mysteries.
According to “Along The Moraine’s Edge: A History of Brady Township 1776-1976” by...
Education is a foundation of a democratic society, and the 1895 History of Butler County makes clear that our first citizens believed this wholeheartedly.
“As early as 1...
Venango Township along the northern border of Butler County once loomed much larger in the county’s history.
It was once twice as big as its present 21 square miles and i...
The story of life in Middlesex Township began in 1793 when several men, including Revolutionary War veteran Thomas Martin, claimed land and settled in a piece of Pennsylv...
Butler has had many famous visitors during its 200 plus years of existence, beginning with the Marquis de Lafayette and Tom Thumb in the 19th century to Buffalo Bill Cody...
A tiny borough that’s technically separate from the borough of Mars and Adams Township, Valencia has a history all its own.
Formerly known as Brookside, then Sunnyside, t...
At the height of the oil boom craze that spread through Butler County during the mid-19th century, the rapidly growing Fairview borough was described as “one of the most ...
Nestled in the rolling hills of southern Butler County, Robert C. Brown described Jackson Township simply in his 1895 “History of Butler County.”
“The people of the towns...
Jewish families from Eastern Europe and Russia have been among the immigrants to call Butler home, with roots in the city for nearly 200 years.
In fact, Jewish settlers l...
Prior to 1800, the area that would become Zelienople was a dense, old-growth forest without roads or significant settlement.
Indian villages and trails traversed the area...
In the late stages of World War II, for those Americans who were not actively involved in the fighting, the key word was “rationing,” as Americans were urged to conserve ...
Where most people see Seven Fields borough, Gray Weller Jr. — grandson of Clyde Speer — sees the place he “grew up.”
“This was all Valley Farms at one time for my grandfa...
This article was published in the Butler Eagle on Sept. 8, 2002.
Ron Laconi has recurring visions of Sept. 11, especially because he works just six blocks away from ...
The Butler Eagle first published this article on Sept. 13, 2021.
It was an event that shook the nation, an event whose effects are still rippling through our history...
More awareness of risks they take
The Butler Eagle first published this article on Sept. 11, 2002.
They swapped T-shirts, stories and grief last month in the empty s...
This collection of letters was published in the Butler Eagle on Sept. 8, 2022.
The Eagle asked readers to submit articles about their thoughts on the one-year annive...
“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, i...
Despite its local reputation as an “affluent suburb” of Pittsburgh, Cranberry Township comes from humble beginnings — with explosive results.
“If you go back before the ’...
Prospect Borough, rooted in the early 1800s, takes it name from its first shopkeeper, George Kirkpatrick.
“We’re a high point here in Butler County and he looked over the...
When pioneers settled Franklin Township in 1796, they believed it was important to establish a system of education.
“The early settlers of the township were not unmindfu...
Moraine State Park, the third largest state park in the commonwealth, is a recreational gem. However, Lake Arthur, the sixth largest inland lake in the state with 3,225 a...
Slippery Rock Township has a history at least as old as its host, Butler County, and steeped in the influences of both Native Americans and settlers.
The township is one ...
This article was published in the Butler Eagle on Feb. 10, 2022.
January 2022 the 120th anniversary of a infamous jail break and following shootout in Butler County...
It was Dec. 7, 1869, at 2 p.m. with snow flurries beginning to fall on the 100 or so morbid spectators waiting outside the Butler County jail hoping to get a glimpse thro...
The Cooper family homestead in Winfield Township dates to the 1810s.
In 1975, Cooper descendant Paul Muder gifted the property to the Butler County Historical Society, w...
A successful and long-lasting town requires a lot of effort on many people’s part, over decades to make it what it is today. This is true about Butler County’s Mars Borou...
For most of the 20th century, idyllic Valencia Borough was a haven for inner-city children from the stale air of congested Pittsburgh neighborhoods.
From 1903 to 2005, th...
