With its rich deposits of coal and iron ore and access to river transportation, Western Pennsylvania became the birthplace of the American steel industry. It also became ...
Few food companies have had a more lasting impact on American eating and buying habits than Pittsburgh’s own H.J. Heinz Company. By developing quality products and market...
1900-1909 was mining’s deadliest in the nation’s history
Many families in Pennsylvania have a similar story: a father, grandfather or great-grandfather who worked in the ...
As America’s domestic industry transitioned from wartime to peacetime production following World War I, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company engineers were loo...
Folks growing up in Butler – really, any Western Pennsylvania city or town – likely have an amusement park memory they’ll never forget. Careening down the final drop on t...
This year marks 70 years since the first polio vaccine was declared safe and effective, and more than 45 years since the disease was wiped out in the United States. A lar...
“You old Irishman, you, you did it!”
Those were the words of legendary Pittsburgh Pirates radio announcer Bob Prince as he embraced manager Danny Murtaugh in the clubhous...
