PRESERVATION OF ANCESTORS’
ARTIFACTS TOP PRIORITY!
The
Butler County Historical Society, the official historical society of Butler
County, is always in search of artifacts and documented information so that
all of Butler County’s rich heritage might be preserved. The Butler County
Heritage Center, owned and operated by the Historical Society, is Butler
County’s only comprehensive museum showcasing the many industrial
accomplishments of the last 200+ years, including the Austin and Bantam cars
as well as the ‘jeep’, which was produced in the city of Butler. Having
successfully presented the Jay Bee Circus and a new, larger Pullman Standard
exhibit in April, the Historical Society is now planning an extensive
exhibit expansion at the Heritage Center in celebration of the 100th
anniversary of steel production in Butler County at the site of the current
AK Steel.
At this
time, the Society is seeking donations of artifacts to redevelop and expand
the Steel and Armco exhibit at the Butler County Heritage Center in
celebration of the 100th anniversary of the commencement of steel
production at the plant. Items may include, but are not limited to, safety
awards; suggestion awards and suggestion boxes from the plant; Forged Steel
Wheel Company, Columbia Steel Company, and AK Steel items; clothing worn by
the mill workers; artifacts related to the employees; Armco Park and Golf
Club items; and war-time artifacts relating to the company. Information on
the men and women who were employed at the steel companies and preserved the
artifacts is also encouraged.
Arrangements for drop-off or pick-up of items can be made by calling the
Historical Society office Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00
p.m. at 724-283-8116.
The
Historical Society considers donations at any time, but for artifacts to be
included in the newly expanded Steel and Armco exhibit, donations must be
made by July 18, 2008. Donations only will be accepted; no short-term or
permanent loans, please.
Don’t
miss this exciting opportunity to contribute to the preservation of the
steel industry in Butler County!
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MERRIE OLDE MIDDLESEX AVAILABLE
FOR PURCHASE
Butler County Historical Society reprints popular book.
The Butler
County Historical Society is pleased to announce the reprinting of the
popular book Merrie Olde Middlesex by Caroljo Forsythe Lee, which has
been out of print and unavailable for over 30 years.
No great battles were fought in Middlesex.
No Shining Luminaries over powered the scene. Washington certainly never
slept here – in fact, Lafayette’s horse didn’t even have the common
courtesy to water over at the local trough. But what did go on – and there
was plenty – was the essence of pioneer life at the level where it was
really lived and loved. Mrs. Lee’s goal was to avoid the typical
broadside, scattershot approach to history which covers a wide area and
spends time, ad infinitum, on famous inhabitants. She succeeded by turning
a high-powered microscope on one small area and going down, down, down.
Homes and attics, albums and scrapbooks, dusty Courthouse records untouched
for almost two centuries one by one became accessible to her. The result: a
delightful history crammed with valuable Americana such as the original
minutes of an 1825 adultery trial in one of western Pennsylvania’s oldest
churches.
For more information Click
here!
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