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Harmony Museum
Address: 218 Mercer St., Harmony, Pa.
Phone: 724-452-7341
Open: 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday
Of Note: The museum, one o...
May 14, 2024
America 250
When Charles Flowers started working as a gunsmith in the 1850s in Harmony, he was taking up a very old trade in Pennsylvania.
Gunmakers from Europe, particularly from Ge...
May 14, 2024
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One track on Taylor Swift's new album, "The Tortured Poets Department," honors a long-celebrated, oft-miscast heroine of American feminism: actress Clara Bow.
As historia...
May 14, 2024
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The transformation of the United States from a country of farmers into an industrial powerhouse began in the textile industry of Great Britain, gained momentum in this co...
May 14, 2024
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When Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated for his first term as U.S. president in March 1933, the nation was in shambles.
A little more than three years earlier, in Octo...
May 14, 2024
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At first glance, the blue-collar town of Saxonburg may not look like anything out of the ordinary, but the history of the 200-year-old borough proves unusual and bizarre ...
May 14, 2024
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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...
April 09, 2024
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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...
April 09, 2024
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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...
April 09, 2024
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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...
March 12, 2024
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