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The end of the Revolutionary War left American soldiers stuck with worthless money and the fledgling American government stuck with no treaty with the Native American tri...

Whiskey Rebellion Education and Visitor Center Address: 184 S. Main St., Washington Pa. Phone: 724-222-3604 Open: 10 to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday...

John Barry, the future “Father of the American Navy” was born on March 25, 1745, in Tacumshane, County Wexford, Kingdom of Ireland. Most sources report his parents as Jam...

America in 1790 wasn’t just a young nation — it was very much in its infancy. President George Washington had been inaugurated just the year before, the first executive t...

The first days of the newly formed United States were fraught ones. In 1789, following the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, a new form of government came into exist...

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...