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The Butler County Commissioners are unveiling a trail marker commemorating Gen. Marquis de Lafayette’s contributions in the American Revolution and his visit to the count...
May 15, 2026
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Buffalo Township was one of the four original townships when Butler County was formed in 1800, along with Slippery Rock, Connoquenessing, and Middlesex. The land that com...
May 12, 2026
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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...
May 12, 2026
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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...
May 12, 2026
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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...
May 12, 2026
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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...
May 12, 2026
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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...
May 12, 2026
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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...
April 14, 2026
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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 ...
April 14, 2026
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Harmonists believed in a second coming of Christ
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