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Historical Groups

- 78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Co. F, Civil War Re-enactors

Meetings: Freeport Community Center, first Sunday of the month at 2:30 p.m., except summer

Telephone: 724-763-1594

Web site: www.78thpvi.org

Contact: Aaron Hooks, military

Meetings: Second Tuesday of every month, 6:30 p.m. at the Butler Area Public Library

- Butler County Genealogical Society

Address: P.O. Box 662, Butler, PA 16003

Telephone: President Pat Collins, 724-282-1736 or vice president Ed Monnie, 724-482-4015

Web site: www.rootsweb.com/~pabutle2

E-mail: bcgs@zoominternet.net

Contact: President or vice president

- Butler County Historical Society

Address: P.O. Box 414, Butler, PA 16003-0414

Telephone: 724-283-8116

Web site: www.butlercountyhistoricalsociety-pa.org

E-mail: bchissoc@isrv.com

Contact: Rebecca Crum-Reinsel

Operates these Butler County museums:

-- Lowrie/Shaw House Museum, 123 W. Diamond St., Butler

-- Little Red Schoolhouse, 200 E. Jefferson St., Butler

-- Butler County Heritage Center, 119 W. New Castle St., Butler

-- Cooper Cabin Pioneer Homestead, 199 Cooper Rd., Cabot

- Butler County Civil War Roundtable

Address: 228 E. Pearl St.,

Butler, PA 16001

E-mail: privateh@zbzoom.net

Contact: Bill May, 724-285-6995

Meetings: YWCA, 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month.

- Christopher Gist Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution

Address: 311 Chestnut Drive., Butler, PA 16001-1205

Telephone: 724-282-3212

E-mail: ewbaugh@zoominternet.net

Contact: Edward W. Baughman, secretary

- Connoquenessing Chapter, Daughters of the American Colonists

Address: 608 E. Pearl St., Butler, PA 16001

Telephone: 724-285-3423

Contact: Marian Bell, 724-285-3423

- Cranberry Township Historical Society

Address: P.O. Box 1931, Cranberry Township, PA 16066

Telephone: 724-538-4681

E-mail: bevm@fyi.net

Contact: Beverly Magill

- Evans City Area Historical Society

Address: 220 Wahl Ave., Evans City, PA 16033, Second floor of the Evans City municipal building

Telephone: 724-538-3629

President: Rev. Kenneth Thompson

- Freeport Area Historical Society

Address: P.O. Box 107, Freeport, PA 16229

Web site: www.fahs-pa.org

E-mail: bennetta@salsgiver.com

Contact: Don Collar, 724-295-4635 or Roberta Bennett, 724-295-9412

- Historic Harmony Inc.

Address: 218 Mercer St., P.O. Box 524, Harmony, PA 16037

Telephone: 724-452-7341 or 888-821-4822

E-mail: hmuseum@fyi.net

Web site: www.harmonymuseum.org

Contact: Kathy Luek

Operates Harmony’s National Historic Landmark District, Harmony Museum and seven other sites

- North Hills Genealogists

Address: c/o Northland Library, 300 Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237-5455

Telephone: 724-935-6961

E-mail: pioneerbook@juno.com or elissa@powellgenealogy.com

Contact: Elissa Powell

- Ohio Valley Chapter 22, Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology

Address: 105 Woodlawn Road, Butler, PA 16001

Telephone: 724-482-2105

E-mail: gined@zoominternet.net

Web site: www.ohiovalley22.homestead.com

Contact: Ginger Dlutkowski, Chapter Representative

- Saxonburg Historical and Restoration Commission

Address: P.O. Box 623, Saxonburg, PA 16056

Telephone: 724-352-1106

Contact: Alice Lassinger

Operates Saxonburg Museum at Roebling Park, Saxonburg

- Slippery Rock Heritage Association

Address: P.O. Box 511, Slippery Rock, PA 16057

Telephone: 724-794-3223

Contact: Sue Barkley

Meetings: Second Tuesday of month, call for time and location

- The Old Stone House

Telephone: 724-738-4964

Fax: 724-738-4762

Web site: www.sru.edu/depts/artsci/hist/stonehouse

Contact: David Dixon, curator

- Zelienople Historical Society

Address: 243 S. Main St., P.O. Box 45, Zelienople, PA 16063-0045

Telephone: 724-452-9457

E-mail: zeliehistory@fyi.net

Web site: www.fyi-net/~zhs

Contact: Joyce M. Bessor, director

Operates these museums:

-- Passavant House, Zelienople

-- Buhl House, Zelienople

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