Battle of Plattsburgh Association
Address: 31 Washington Road, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Phone: 518-566-1814
Open: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday — Saturday May t...
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...
The War of 1812 was the closing fight of the American Revolution and the first war that declared a brand new nation, setting the United States on the path to a place on t...
By 1810, the American experiment was well underway.
It was a time when the Founding Fathers were not just still alive, but actively involved in politics. The original 13 ...
It may not be known by all, but one man was influential in the founding of the University of Pittsburgh as well as Pittsburgh’s daily newspaper.
It’s been difficult to id...
Walter Lowrie was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Dec. 10, 1784, to John and Catherine (Cameron) Lowrie. He was the fourth of the couple’s six children.
For many years, J...
Today, if it’s remembered at all, the Erie Canal is best known as the subject of a folk song, “Low Bridge Everybody Down” or “Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal.”
But, accor...
