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For everything historians know about the boat that helped carry the Lewis and Clark Expedition into the vast Louisiana Territory starting in 1803, there are some surprisi...

Connoquenessing Township, as one of the largest and oldest communities in Butler County, has witnessed much of the county’s history. From farmhouses to schoolhouses, the ...

Harmonists believed in a second coming of Christ

America was still mourning the death of George Washington as the new century dawned in 1800. Washington died in December 1799, casting a shadow over the celebratory mome...

Robert Fulton, who would develop the world’s first commercially successful steamboat, was born not far away from the Susquehanna River in Little Britain, Lancaster County...

The first newspapers of Butler County were very different from what people today would think of as a newspaper. According to “The Press and America” by Edwin Emery, early...

The War of 1812 was the closing fight of the American Revolution and the first war that declared a brand new nation, setting the United States on the path to a place on t...

By 1810, the American experiment was well underway. It was a time when the Founding Fathers were not just still alive, but actively involved in politics. The original 13 ...

It may not be known by all, but one man was influential in the founding of the University of Pittsburgh as well as Pittsburgh’s daily newspaper. It’s been difficult to id...

From postwar optimism to economic panic, westward expansion and political mudslinging, this decade reshaped the United States.