Like so many stories about safety advancements, this one starts with tragedy and death.
Just before 7:30 a.m. March 26, 1912, there were 91 men in the Jed Coal and Coke C...
John Augustus Roebling was educated in engineering and even worked for the Prussian government for several years.
But when he settled in America in 1831, he was not plan...
Brady Township is rich in colonial history complete with dark deeds and minor mysteries.
According to “Along The Moraine’s Edge: A History of Brady Township 1776-1976” by...
The public universities that comprise Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education have a rich and varied history.
Although the state system was created by statute in...
Education is a foundation of a democratic society, and the 1895 History of Butler County makes clear that our first citizens believed this wholeheartedly.
“As early as 1...
Back in its heyday, broadcast television was criticized for appealing only to the lowest common denominator. In their drive to attract the highest share of the national t...
Teaching can be like planting a tree — teachers know what they do is important, but also know they might never see the end result of their work.
Some are lucky enough to ...
Venango Township along the northern border of Butler County once loomed much larger in the county’s history.
It was once twice as big as its present 21 square miles and i...
In the midst of an oft-forgotten 1880 presidential election between Ohio Congressman James Garfield and Civil War General Winfield Scott Hancock, the press touted the int...
It's an iconic scene in many World War II movies and TV shows: A group of G.I.s on the march encounter a group of children and offer them chocolate.
It's meant to show th...