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It was Dec. 7, 1869, at 2 p.m. with snow flurries beginning to fall on the 100 or so morbid spectators waiting outside the Butler County jail hoping to get a glimpse thro...

The Cooper family homestead in Winfield Township dates to the 1810s. In 1975, Cooper descendant Paul Muder gifted the property to the Butler County Historical Society, w...

Speakeasies popular in state even before restrictions

Murderers, fraudsters and spies wreak terror and find fame for nearly 250 years From its very earliest days, America has been the land of the free and the brave … and the...

Of all the stories in Butler County to be passed down from generation to generation, the case of the Wigton family massacre by Sam Mohawk is surely one of the most well k...

In September 1780, at the height of the Revolutionary War, Benedict Arnold’s plot to surrender West Point was famously discovered in the capture of a British spy, John An...

It was May 1889, 24-year-old Butler resident Alice Christie Kenna and twin sister Anna Christie Bonner boarded a train to travel 75 miles to the small community of Woodva...

Throughout history — when better, more cost effective solutions are found — changes are quickly embraced by businesses. So it is reasonable to ask why railroads took over...

A successful and long-lasting town requires a lot of effort on many people’s part, over decades to make it what it is today. This is true about Butler County’s Mars Borou...

Butler, Pennsylvania, is a long way from Italy. After a vast earthquake destroyed Reggio Calabria on Dec. 28, 1908, Vincenzo Sanzotti decided to leave his home in Italy a...