If you could put together a dream team of players from any time in history to step on the baseball diamond, who would you choose?
We asked Matt Clement, a Butler native w...
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...
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...
Slippery Rock Township has a history at least as old as its host, Butler County, and steeped in the influences of both Native Americans and settlers.
The township is one ...
Baseball is America’s game, historically hailed as America’s national pastime.
Baseball is a legendary game, invented by Abner Doubleday in 1839. From simply playing cat...
Feel the need for a baseball immersion? Travel to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y.
About a 6½-hour interstate drive from Butler, the hal...
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...
Gathered here are suggestions where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the museums’ websites.
Heinz History Center
Address: 1212 Small...
This article was published in the Butler Eagle on Feb. 10, 2022.
January 2022 the 120th anniversary of a infamous jail break and following shootout in Butler County...
It was Dec. 7, 1869, at 2 p.m. with snow flurries beginning to fall on the 100 or so morbid spectators waiting outside the Butler County jail hoping to get a glimpse thro...
