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...
Centrally located, Clay and Concord townships today have much in common, but have quite different histories.
Quiet, steady growth in Clay Township
When Butler County was ...
Starting in the summer of 1824, newspaper readers across the still young United States were gripped by nostalgia.
Less than half a century earlier, names that continue to...
On April 17, 1819, a fledgling village that would soon be known as Harrisville opened its post office, signifying that the few buildings nestled in Butler County’s northw...
