Editor’s note: This week marks the final chapter in our three-month series of exploring America at 250 years old through the lens of some of the most important national events that took place in our communities. We enjoyed presenting these important slices of American history — and hope ...
The Warren County Historical Society is pleased to announce this year’s Warren County History Award recipients. Each student is selected for their achievement as an outstanding student of history and receives a one-year membership to the historical society along with a monetary ...
Editor’s note: Connecting America’s east and west coasts was no easy feat — but once complete, it opened the growing nation in ways never before imagined. Today, we study the impact of the first transcontinental railroad’s completion just outside Ogden, Utah, where on May 10, 1869, ...
The seeds of the Antebellum period in the United States were planted many years before the Civil War would tear the country apart. "For the newly independent United States, the first order of business was to establish a national government," explained Roger Micker, president of the Wheeling, ...
ERIE — The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) has announced that the U.S. Brig Niagara is officially underway. At daybreak on Saturday, June 6, the Commonwealth’s flagship cast off her lines at Bristol Marine’s Sample’s Shipyard in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, marking the successful completion of her year-long, $6.9 million restoration and refit to ensure the Niagara is structurally sound and fit to sail for decades to come. The vessel is currently navigating the 2,000-nautical-mile transit via the North Atlantic Ocean and the St. Lawrence Seaway. She is scheduled ...
Elk Township Historical Society will host its second Open House of 2026, on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. The restored 1800s classroom, the original one-room Scandia School building, is an exciting piece of our past. Housing 100 years of Elk Township school records, we have class photos displayed with names. The original teacher’s desk, old student desks and original chalk board will delight all who visit. The museum holds many records, which may help find relatives, who once lived in the area. It has notebooks of early family histories, cemetery records, obituary books, many ...
