Harmony Museum
Address: 218 Mercer St., Harmony, Pa.
Phone: 724-452-7341
Open: 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday
Of Note: The museum, one o...
When Charles Flowers started working as a gunsmith in the 1850s in Harmony, he was taking up a very old trade in Pennsylvania.
Gunmakers from Europe, particularly from Ge...
One track on Taylor Swift's new album, "The Tortured Poets Department," honors a long-celebrated, oft-miscast heroine of American feminism: actress Clara Bow.
As historia...
The transformation of the United States from a country of farmers into an industrial powerhouse began in the textile industry of Great Britain, gained momentum in this co...
When Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated for his first term as U.S. president in March 1933, the nation was in shambles.
A little more than three years earlier, in Octo...
At first glance, the blue-collar town of Saxonburg may not look like anything out of the ordinary, but the history of the 200-year-old borough proves unusual and bizarre ...
Brady Township is rich in colonial history complete with dark deeds and minor mysteries.
According to “Along The Moraine’s Edge: A History of Brady Township 1776-1976” by...
The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum
Address: 50 South 1st Avenue, Coatesville, Pa.
Phone: 610-384-9282
Open: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Satu...
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...
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...
