Butler County Historical
A project by Slippery Rock University and Butler County Historical SocietyButler County Historical puts local history - the people, places, and moments that have shaped the region’s past - at your fingertips. Explore location-based multimedia stories, experience curated historical tours of the county, and share your discoveries with others. Start exploring history today!
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Typhoid Epidemic 1903-1904
As the month of November 1903 began, Butler was booming. The city had grown to a population of 18,000, thanks to the expansion of manufacturing industries in the area. The growing city of Butler, filled with life, was unprepared for the public…
Private Jacob Peck, USCT
Just under the treeline on the northern border of Harrisville's Prairie Cemetery lies the final resting place of Private Jacob Peck, the only known soldier of the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) buried in Butler County.
While relatively little…
Penn Theater
Today the Penn Cinemas is an abandoned building, a ruin that calls back to the time of bright marquee signs and silver screens. The Paramount Theater's Service Corp., based out of Altoona, constructed Penn Cinemas in 1938. James E. Casale…