When Charles Flowers started working as a gunsmith in the 1850s in Harmony, he was taking up a very old trade in Pennsylvania.
Gunmakers from Europe, particularly from Ge...
At first glance, the blue-collar town of Saxonburg may not look like anything out of the ordinary, but the history of the 200-year-old borough proves unusual and bizarre ...
John Augustus Roebling was educated in engineering and even worked for the Prussian government for several years.
But when he settled in America in 1831, he was not plan...
Brady Township is rich in colonial history complete with dark deeds and minor mysteries.
According to “Along The Moraine’s Edge: A History of Brady Township 1776-1976” by...
Education is a foundation of a democratic society, and the 1895 History of Butler County makes clear that our first citizens believed this wholeheartedly.
“As early as 1...
Venango Township along the northern border of Butler County once loomed much larger in the county’s history.
It was once twice as big as its present 21 square miles and i...
The story of life in Middlesex Township began in 1793 when several men, including Revolutionary War veteran Thomas Martin, claimed land and settled in a piece of Pennsylv...
Butler has had many famous visitors during its 200 plus years of existence, beginning with the Marquis de Lafayette and Tom Thumb in the 19th century to Buffalo Bill Cody...
A tiny borough that’s technically separate from the borough of Mars and Adams Township, Valencia has a history all its own.
Formerly known as Brookside, then Sunnyside, t...
