America has always loved its cowboys.
Even before the frontier was declared closed in the late 19th century, people voraciously consumed dime novels that told fictional s...
Radio and Television Museum
Address: 2608 Mitchelville Road, Bowie, Md.
Phone:301-390-1020
Open: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunda...
It began in 1894 in one room on a block shared with stables and a fishmonger’s shop.
In its 131-year history, the Butler Area Public Library has undergone moves, renovat...
Welcome to the 1920s, a decade of spirited spending, luminous electric lights and a newfound sense of liberation in the wake of a “war to end all wars.”
For the first tim...
“Thank you for calling Mercer Township. How may I help you?” is the phone greeting that often leads to me donning my detective cap and solving a mystery. “A mystery,” you...
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...
Few would disagree that one of the distinctive qualities of Connoquenessing Borough is its melodious name. But the modest town had been born in the 19th century as an ord...
President Herbert Hoover and first lady Lou Hoover hosted the traditional New Year’s Reception at the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1930. Covered extensively in the p...
Marian Anderson’s life was filled with moments where she was told “no” because of her race — but that didn’t stop her.
Anderson was a Philadelphia native, born in the cit...