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...
For most of the 20th century, idyllic Valencia Borough was a haven for inner-city children from the stale air of congested Pittsburgh neighborhoods.
From 1903 to 2005, th...
Until 1902, what would become Lyndora was a fairground where Butler’s citizenry gathered “for profit and for pleasure,” according to Peter Baycura’s “The Lyndora Chronicl...
The Mars Area History & Landmarks Society has an excellent display of buildings and artifacts at its facility at 1 Brickyard Road in Mars that recount this area history. ...
BRADY TWP — Foltz School, a one-room schoolhouse off Route 8, is stuck in the 1910s, but that’s the way educators want it to remain.
The school educated students from t...
JACKSON TWP — Sue Ennis came away from her four years on the Seneca Valley girls track and field team with many fond memories. Little did she know that she would take par...
Dozens of employers met with students at Butler County Community College on Monday, May 9, during a career and resource fair where students could talk about opportunities...