Theater productions in Butler County parks are frequent occurrences nowadays, but this promotional photo for Butler Little Theatre’s 1967 production of Neil Simon’s “Bare...
The “Champion Band” entertained a crowd of youths on July 22, 1968, who gathered at the corner of Monroe and East Locust streets for St. Paul’s Neighborhood Night.
Butler...
On the same day the crew of the Apollo 15 dealt with broken glass and a brief voltage drop on their journey to the Moon, the crew of the Butler Fair buggies were having a...
The 1979 Oil Crisis struck Butler County, when the Iranian Revolution caused gas prices to surge.
Some local gas stations came up with special offers to entice drivers t...
These three women were found by a Butler Eagle photographer “driving off the 11th tee” at the ARMCO Country Club in Slippery Rock in fall of 1971. The golfers, from left ...
“Mrs. John P. Graham,” or Marian Graham, was crowned Mother of the Year on May 8, 1970 at the Elks Auxiliary meeting and was so recognized in the following day’s edition ...
On May 21, 1969, Eric Foster, left, was the first child to have their bicycle inspected by Butler police chief Samuel Lasky, right, for the year’s annual program.
The bic...
This photograph from the Aug. 31, 1970, edition of the Butler Eagle depicts Lt. Newton Robbins of the Butler state police barracks after the interception of several marij...
Six people died in Butler County 36 years ago Monday when a tornado touched down in the county about 8:30 p.m. May 31, 1985. It cut a 27-mile swath of destruction and ca...
