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The Seattle Star, on a crowded front page of its Saturday, Jan. 1, 1910, edition, reported that one Charles W. Peterson had been robbed of $150 and a watch while celebrat...

A million years ago, ice covered a portion of Pennsylvania, including what is today known as Marion Township. The glaciers melted and retreated, leaving many deposits beh...

America has always loved its cowboys. Even before the frontier was declared closed in the late 19th century, people voraciously consumed dime novels that told fictional s...

Radio and Television Museum Address: 2608 Mitchelville Road, Bowie, Md. Phone:301-390-1020 Open: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunda...

It began in 1894 in one room on a block shared with stables and a fishmonger’s shop. In its 131-year history, the Butler Area Public Library has undergone moves, renovat...

Few would disagree that one of the distinctive qualities of Connoquenessing Borough is its melodious name. But the modest town had been born in the 19th century as an ord...

President Herbert Hoover and first lady Lou Hoover hosted the traditional New Year’s Reception at the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1930. Covered extensively in the p...

American Amusement Park Museum Address: Newville, Pa. Website: www.amusement park history.com Open: for private tours through the website Of note: Private museum dedicate...

Butler County brainchild takes the 1940s by storm

Hollywood’s leading man, a decorated war hero and Western Pennsylvania native