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Two centuries and counting: Wright House serves as showcase for local history

Before there was a Peters Township or even a United States of America, there were the Wright brothers.They were named James and Joshua, and they trekked west with their families to start new lives of uncertainty amid little but the forest and the native people who had preceded them.Various ...

Library program examines history of Peters Township’s Village of McMurray

Until the mid-1990s, traffic at the Peters Township East McMurray and Valley Brook roads was controlled by a four-way stop sign.A quarter of a century later, a set of traffic signals barely is adequate to keep up with the nearly constant flow of vehicles, estimated at more than 26,000 daily.For ...

War lore: Peters Township resident discusses animals turned heroes

War heroes don’t have to be human.As a dedicated advocate on behalf of animals, Peters Township resident Faith Bjalobok was aware that four-legged friends – two-legged with wings, as well – had distinguished themselves during various military encounters.<a ...

Peters Creek Historical Society welcomes guests for Soup ’N’ Stroll

For more than two centuries, the Enoch Wright House has stood in Peters Township along what now is Venetia Road.Owned and maintained by Peters Creek Historical Society, the Wright House and Museum of Westward Expansion also includes a log house that was built in the late 18th century in West ...

Heinz History Center program remembers McGinnis Sisters

History can be a lot more enjoyable than trying to remember dates of Boer War battles or how many women were unfortunate enough to marry King Henry VIII.“We have a giant Heinz Ketchup bottle on top of our building,” said Sen. John Heinz History Center senior curator Leslie Przybylek.Since ...