The first oil well in the world was dug in northwestern Pennsylvania in 1859.
Less than 20 years later, the boom would make Butler County a world leader in oil producti...
It's an iconic scene in many World War II movies and TV shows: A group of G.I.s on the march encounter a group of children and offer them chocolate.
It's meant to show th...
Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River from Bucks County, Pa., to New Jersey on Christmas night 1776 ignited a series of military actions culminating in the Battle o...
“If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide.” — Abraham Lincoln
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Over the past five years, Franklin, Venango County, has been home to a World War II troop transport named, Beach City Baby.
Built in 1942, this Douglas C-53 Skytrooper se...
Five years before “discovering” electricity and 29 years before signing the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin faced a conundrum.
He recognized that Philadelp...
The Kinzua Dam, on the Allegheny River in Warren County, promised economic might and stability to Pittsburgh, but its construction meant tremendous loss to the Seneca Na...
Feeding the Revolutionary Army of 1775-83 was a major undertaking. Congress and the colonies had difficulty raising funds to purchase supplies.
Gen. George Washington es...
