This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.
Below are a list o...
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.
Butler County comm...
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.
District 50-1-01, ...
After the end of the Revolutionary War, Pennsylvania lawmakers found themselves in a bind: no money to pay the veterans of the conflict and vast tracts of land it had acq...
Buffalo Township was one of the four original townships when Butler County was formed in 1800, along with Slippery Rock, Connoquenessing, and Middlesex. The land that com...
The end of the Revolutionary War left American soldiers stuck with worthless money and the fledgling American government stuck with no treaty with the Native American tri...
Connoquenessing Township, as one of the largest and oldest communities in Butler County, has witnessed much of the county’s history. From farmhouses to schoolhouses, the ...
The first newspapers of Butler County were very different from what people today would think of as a newspaper.
According to “The Press and America” by Edwin Emery, early...
Starting in the summer of 1824, newspaper readers across the still young United States were gripped by nostalgia.
Less than half a century earlier, names that continue to...
Frontier medicine in the early settlement of Butler County was as rough-hewn as the log cabins of the early pioneers.
The first settlers of the county spent hard, laborio...
Clearfield Township’s name is a reminder that the first European colonists in the area were far from the first people to live here.
In 1798, when the area that would even...
Butler County’s past lives on in more than historical markers and names on tombstones. Many institutions created over a century ago still exist in the county, if in alter...
Betsey Stivert Grossman must have been nervous when she agreed to accompany her husband, Benedict, upon his decision in 1797 to move their family from York County to the ...
Worth Township was a relatively recent addition to the map of Butler County. It was created in 1855 and formed mostly from land taken from Muddy Creek Township and a smal...
Mounted on the wall of my home’s library hangs a wood framed shadow box holding the Civil War mementos from my great-grandfather’s time serving in the Union Army.
One ke...
It’s a word that anyone fears hearing shouted in the middle of the night — fire.
Around 1:30 a.m. April 1, 1874, the occupants of the Central Hotel in Millerstown in But...
At first glance, East Butler looks like any other small Pennsylvania borough. But behind its quiet streets lies nearly a century of history shaped not by single events, b...
Oakland Township, named after the abundance of oak trees found within it’s boundaries, didn’t exist until 1854 when it was carved out of Donegal and Butler townships, acc...
For more than 135 years, Slippery Rock University has provided accessible and affordable higher education that has enhanced the quality of life for learners in Western Pe...
At first glance, Adams Township looks like many other suburban spots scattered around Western Pennsylvania, quiet streets, neatly kept lawns, and a pace of life that feel...
In 1897, a charter was granted for the construction of a hospital in Butler County — an initiative sparked by the foresight and determination of a group of women whose ef...
West Sunbury is a small town that had some big dreams. Although at one time considered the smallest borough in the state, it had hopes it would become the county seat ins...
Barney Dreyfuss wasn’t jealous. He may have been envious.
The Pittsburgh Pirates owner had seen Philadelphia open Shibe Park as the new home of the Athletics in 1909. Bas...
It was raining when James McCurdy arrived in the future Summit Township in 1796.
The 19-year-old and his companion, Thomas Smith, were planning to settle in Mercer County...
Long before the sleek ribbon of Interstate highways crisscrossed the United States, a bold idea sparked the imagination of a nation. That idea was the Lincoln Highway — A...
A million years ago, ice covered a portion of Pennsylvania, including what is today known as Marion Township. The glaciers melted and retreated, leaving many deposits beh...
