Days on the waves of Lake Arthur at Moraine State Park remain a county resident go-to to beat summer heat waves.
In this file photo from June 1971, historic attendance wa...
Back in the summer of ’67... the heat was all over the county, and people sought respite from the rays in similar ways they do today.
This image of Rock Falls Park pool r...
A storm drenched the Butler Farm Show the night of Aug. 6, 1968, damaging some of the facilities and even carrying a tent about 25 feet before it landed on tables.
Despit...
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 ...
