The story of why 60 young men from Allegheny, Westmoreland, Juniata and Cumberland counties first decided to settle in what is now Center Township may never be known.
But...
Welcome to the 1970s, a strange mélange of grimy New York City streets, the hardscrabble blue-collar strength of union families in declining steel towns, and a countercul...
Steelers Hall of Honor Museum
Address: 100 Art Rooney Ave., Pittsburgh
Phone: 412-697-7150
Open: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays
Of Note: Loc...
Washington Township’s first settlers arrived soon after land grants were made available to Revolutionary War veterans.
According to “A Concise History of Butler County 18...
He was such a good player that the Baseball Writers’ Association of America changed its Hall of Fame rules after his death, to make sure he got in, but Roberto Clemente’s...
While the larger steelmakers saw the most upheaval in the 1970s, facing increasing competition from foreign makers and other structural issues, Armco in Butler County saw...
There had been rumors swirling about Butler’s Pullman-Standard plant for months. In December 1981, its entire 2,800-member work force was laid off. But Pullman-Standard h...
Despite what they said at the Dew Drop Inn, Nick Perry always maintained he’d had nothing to do with what would become known as the Triple Six Fix.
Perry, a longtime Pitt...
She was supposed to be the first teacher to go into space, but instead she because part of one of NASA's worst tragedies.
The breakup of the Challenger space shuttle in J...