Like so many stories about safety advancements, this one starts with tragedy and death.
Just before 7:30 a.m. March 26, 1912, there were 91 men in the Jed Coal and Coke C...
Teaching can be like planting a tree — teachers know what they do is important, but also know they might never see the end result of their work.
Some are lucky enough to ...
PLAINS, Ga. — The Washington chattering class, often unsure what to make of outsiders, dubbed Rosalynn Carter the "Steel Magnolia" when she arrived as first lady.
A devou...
Christopher Gist is one of those early American characters whose life sounds like a tall tale at first.
American history is filled with characters like that, including on...
Almost exactly 96 years ago, Amelia Earhart had lunch in Butler County.
We know, because we have a record of her short layover at the Pittsburgh-Butler Airport on Oct. 13...
Residents of Western Pennsylvania know the Allegheny River as a lovely location to enjoy nature, boating, strolling or biking along its length.
But more than 230 years ag...
When you explore the dramatic geological wonders at Slippery Rock Creek Gorge, tour the historic grist mill, cross the red covered bridge or just sit and listen to the ru...
George Edward Waddell, one of baseball’s greatest pitchers, was raised in the little town of Prospect, Butler County.
In the early 1900s, he could match the speeds of th...
Of all the stories in Butler County to be passed down from generation to generation, the case of the Wigton family massacre by Sam Mohawk is surely one of the most well k...
Butler, Pennsylvania, is a long way from Italy.
After a vast earthquake destroyed Reggio Calabria on Dec. 28, 1908, Vincenzo Sanzotti decided to leave his home in Italy a...
This article was first published in the Butler Eagle on Oct. 27, 2020.
Hansen Avenue runs through Lyndora, but few still remember the man for whom the street is name...
Many people know nothing about the lives of their great-great-grandparents, but for others, like county resident Jim Schnur, history has a funny way of repeating itself.
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It was Saturday, Dec. 12, 1903, and a devastating typhoid fever epidemic had been leaving death at the doorstep of dozens of homes throughout the small communities of But...
The stone is weathered — taller and older than its neighbors. The man’s story passed from living memory long ago; it now hovers between written history and deep time. But...
Butler was a sleepy, mainly agricultural village in 1825. Its few streets were dotted by crude log and brick homes harboring its 500 residents. During its short eight-yea...
