After John Gillespie Sr. came to what is today Donegal Township in 1796, he built a simple cabin and returned to his previous residence to retrieve his few worldly posses...
Biochemical engineer Carey Reams was a long way from his Orange County, Fla. home on New Year’s Day, 1945.
His World War II United States Army company had just been orde...
A casual observer might believe that Lancaster Township hasn’t changed much since its earliest European settlers arrive in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Early ...
Paul Edward Angert is just one of 60 young men from the Butler area who sacrificed their lives during the war in southeast Asia. His name and those of 59 other heroes are...
Active-duty U.S. soldiers serving in Vietnam: 2.7 million
Total number of draftees: 1.9 million
Total U.S. military personnel: 9.1 million
U.S. soldiers killed: 58,220
U....
Washington Township’s first settlers arrived soon after land grants were made available to Revolutionary War veterans.
According to “A Concise History of Butler County 18...
While the larger steelmakers saw the most upheaval in the 1970s, facing increasing competition from foreign makers and other structural issues, Armco in Butler County saw...
The first European settlers of Parker Township were some pretty tough characters.
“The hardships which the pioneers were obliged to undergo were great, and only men and ...
There had been rumors swirling about Butler’s Pullman-Standard plant for months. In December 1981, its entire 2,800-member work force was laid off. But Pullman-Standard h...
While much has changed in Clinton Township since its formation in the 1850s, a visitor would see echoes of its past.
The township, 23.8 square acres, was created in 1854 ...
