Of all the stories in Butler County to be passed down from generation to generation, the case of the Wigton family massacre by Sam Mohawk is surely one of the most well k...
In September 1780, at the height of the Revolutionary War, Benedict Arnold’s plot to surrender West Point was famously discovered in the capture of a British spy, John An...
It was May 1889, 24-year-old Butler resident Alice Christie Kenna and twin sister Anna Christie Bonner boarded a train to travel 75 miles to the small community of Woodva...
Throughout history — when better, more cost effective solutions are found — changes are quickly embraced by businesses. So it is reasonable to ask why railroads took over...
A successful and long-lasting town requires a lot of effort on many people’s part, over decades to make it what it is today. This is true about Butler County’s Mars Borou...
Butler, Pennsylvania, is a long way from Italy.
After a vast earthquake destroyed Reggio Calabria on Dec. 28, 1908, Vincenzo Sanzotti decided to leave his home in Italy a...
For most of the 20th century, idyllic Valencia Borough was a haven for inner-city children from the stale air of congested Pittsburgh neighborhoods.
From 1903 to 2005, th...
Until 1902, what would become Lyndora was a fairground where Butler’s citizenry gathered “for profit and for pleasure,” according to Peter Baycura’s “The Lyndora Chronicl...
The Mars Area History & Landmarks Society has an excellent display of buildings and artifacts at its facility at 1 Brickyard Road in Mars that recount this area history. ...
Gathered here are places where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the museums’ websites.
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
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