Our office is located at 123 W Diamond St in the Lowrie/Shaw House.  Current office hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Please call ahead as there are times when we must close our office to attend other functions.

Tours of the Lowrie/Shaw House are available on Friday afternoons from Noon to 3:15 when the last tour of the day commences.  When docents are available, tours are offered other days of the week. Please call ahead.

The Heritage Center is open by Appointment only - our office is not located in that building.

Join us on Sunday, August 29, 2010, 1:00-4:00 p.m. at the Cooper Cabin Homestead.  Our program for the day will be:

ASK TRAPPER JOHN

and we also are inviting visitors to help us repair the chinking in this cabin that is quickly approaching its 200th birthday!

Bring your insect, bug, animal (domestic/wild), gardening, and household questions/problems to have them solved with natural and /or organic methods!  Also bring your work gloves and help us to preserve this great site of Butler County history!

For over 50 years 'Trapper' John Colombo has been learning about and practicing various ways to solve problems with bugs, insects, wildlife, domestic animals, gardening, and the home.  He does this using natural/organic products, or homemade concoctions.  Only in the last 20 years has he been using his acquired wisdom professionally through his radio program, speaking engagements, and in print.  Most of this knowledge has been obtained through reading, "hands-on" research, experimentation, and taking time to listen to every old timer who had two cents worth to contribute to the wealth of knowledge Trapper now possesses.

Trapper John has a weekly syndicated radio program - Saturday mornings,8:00-10:00, titled "ASK TRAPPER JOHN PROGRAM."  At present there are 6 stations - 5 in northwestern PA and one in New Mexico.  The stations either pull the program off the ABC satellite or the internet.  Trapper has his program on his website - asktrapperjohn.com.  It can be heard "live" or listen to the taped copy of the Saturday morning program that changes each week.

Trapper John, and his delightful wife Audrey, live in West Middlesex, PA with the radio studio in their home.  Trapper and Audrey function as a team when you call the program - first person you speak with is Audrey.  Be prepared to learn more than you bargained for and be entertained at the same time with Trapper's own special humor. 

Our staff and volunteers are busy working on a book about BUTLER COUNTY SCHOOLS.  This book will include township maps marking the location of each school, photos of the schools and children, and some reminiscences.   Do you have old photos of the schools that are located in Butler County?  We would appreciate all photo donations and reminiscences and will use as many as we possibly can.  If you have original photos that you do not want to part with, would you be willing to let us scan the photos and give us permission to use the images?  We would like to be able to include every school in the county in this book.  Contact us as bchissoc@zoominternet;  or call 724-283-8116; or mail or drop off your photos at 123 West Diamond Street, Butler, PA  16001.

Thank you for your help in this endeavor!!!

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  The Butler County Historical Society was founded in 1927, when a group of residents met to discuss ways to preserve local history. In 1960, the Society was incorporated as a private non-profit entity. In 1991, it was designated the official historical organization of Butler County. At its office, the Society maintains a resource library of historical records and documents relating to the county that can be used by the public for research.  The Society also owns and operates four historic sites:  the Butler County Heritage Center, Cooper Cabin Pioneer Homestead, the Little Red School House, and the Lowrie/Shaw House.

     If you have items of historic value to Butler County that you would like to see preserved, please call and talk to our President, Pat Collins.