America 250
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...
May 13, 2025
America 250
Gathered here are suggestions where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the museums’ websites.
The Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum
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May 13, 2025
America 250
Long before the sleek ribbon of Interstate highways crisscrossed the United States, a bold idea sparked the imagination of a nation. That idea was the Lincoln Highway — A...
May 13, 2025
America 250
It was raining when James McCurdy arrived in the future Summit Township in 1796.
The 19-year-old and his companion, Thomas Smith, were planning to settle in Mercer County...
May 13, 2025
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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...
April 08, 2025
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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...
April 08, 2025
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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...
April 08, 2025
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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...
April 08, 2025
Other Voices
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...
March 11, 2025
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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...
March 11, 2025
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