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Residents of Western Pennsylvania know the Allegheny River as a lovely location to enjoy nature, boating, strolling or biking along its length. But more than 230 years ag...

The similarities are painfully obvious — two unprovoked early morning attacks that left thousands dead and a nation bowed but not broken. The list of parallels between th...

“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, i...

Despite its local reputation as an “affluent suburb” of Pittsburgh, Cranberry Township comes from humble beginnings — with explosive results. “If you go back before the ’...

It is a somewhat curious fact that the United States’ most beautiful natural landscapes owe their existence to the Industrial Revolution. But indeed it was in the 19th ce...

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Where and how to enjoy Pennsylvania’s great outdoors

When you explore the dramatic geological wonders at Slippery Rock Creek Gorge, tour the historic grist mill, cross the red covered bridge or just sit and listen to the ru...

Prospect Borough, rooted in the early 1800s, takes it name from its first shopkeeper, George Kirkpatrick. “We’re a high point here in Butler County and he looked over the...

When pioneers settled Franklin Township in 1796, they believed it was important to establish a system of education. “The early settlers of the township were not unmindfu...