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Celebrate Butler County 2016

Submitted by CTHS on March 30, 2016 - 8:00 pm

Event LogoJoin us at Butler County Tourism & Convention Bureau’s new event, Celebrate Butler County, on April 2nd at the Pittsburgh Marriott North in Cranberry Twp. We’ll be setting up a small booth space with our traveling museum and Shirley Ann Mahr will have samples of Nana's Fudge normally sold at her 1950 Freedom Road Fudge Stand.

Event Date
April 02, 2016 - 10:00 pm

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The Fate of Four of Pennsylvania’s Founding Fathers

Submitted by CTHS on April 23, 2016 - 10:19 pm

Pennsylvania in its early history had many prominent founding fathers including namesake William Penn, Dr. Benjamin Rush and of course statesman, printer and scientist Benjamin Franklin.

These individuals were entrepreneurs and leaders in government and set the path to where we are today. Their resumes were impressive. Four other Pennsylvania founders also had outstanding resumes as we see below.

Thomas Mifflin – Successful merchant, Quartermaster General of the Continental Army, graduated from College of Philadelphia (now University of Pennsylvania), President of the Continental Congress, last President of Pennsylvania and first Pennsylvania Governor and Signer of the US Constitution for Pennsylvania and finally and most importantly, West Mifflin is named after him...

Event Date
May 01, 2016 - 2:00 pm

Community Days 2016

Submitted by CTHS on April 28, 2016 - 1:01 am

Community Days is July 7-8-9. We will be attending this year for all 3 days. Our booth is located on Park Road in booth space E14-E15, the same location as last year. This is about half way between the basketball courts and the Jaycees Shelter at Community Park. We have a 10 x 20 canopy / booth space where we will set up the traveling museum again. There will be several tables, 6 or more chairs, a collection of old maps, a slide show, some antique artifacts, a NEW Arcadia book available for sale written by member Kate Benz, showcasing many photos from the CTHS collection.

Event Date
July 07, 2016 - 1:00 pm

Images of America: Cranberry Township

Submitted by CTHS on September 16, 2016 - 10:26 pm

Thomas Wolfe wrote a novel, You Can’t Go Home Again, however Kate Guerriero Benz did as close as one can with her publishing of her book, Images of America: Cranberry Township, through Arcadia Publishing. The book contains 128 pages of photographs and text supporting the photos. Kate was raised in Cranberry Township on Franklin Road in an historic, classic house in the area, which at one time was called the village of Hendersonville or also known as Trail, as the house and region sat on the Venango Trail. Kate grew up here during a time when one went to Viola’s for groceries. Her maternal grandfather, Dr. Samuel M. Rice, maintained a private practice here for 50 years just off of Dutilh Road near Hartner’s restaurant. Kate’s mother, Veronica Rice Guerriero, was a founding member of the Cranberry Township Historical Society. Kate and her mother wrote and put on a play for the members of the historical society in the late 1980’s [1] about what it would have been like to grow up in Hendersonville. She, along with her mother spent many hours planting and weeding the Cranberry bog that the Society had in the original Cranberry Park...

Event Date
September 25, 2016 - 2:00 pm

Pittsburgh's Ghost Bomber and other PA Mysteries

Submitted by CTHS on October 24, 2016 - 10:37 pm

In partnership with the Cranberry Township Public Library, we welcome Dr. Andrew Masich, President and CEO of the Senator John Heinz History Center as our November guest speaker.

Dr. Masich will present on Pennsylvania mysteries including the B-25 Ghost Bomber that landed in the Monongahela River in 1956. Please join us on November 6, 2016 from 1:30 - 3:30 in the Cranberry Library Franklin Station North meeting room at the Municipal Center - 2525 Rochester Road - Cranberry Township, PA. Registration is required for this event. CLICK HERE to register on the library website. The event is now booked to capacity and online registration is closed. Walk-in's by CTHS paid members only while seats last.

Event Date
November 06, 2016 - 1:30 pm

H. J. Heinz: Recipe for Success

Submitted by CTHS on May 08, 2017 - 12:34 pm

Please join us for the 2017 CTHS May Program on THURSDAY May 11, 2017 at 7:00 pm in the Council Chambers of the Cranberry Township Municipal Center at 2525 Rochester Road, Cranberry Township, PA 16066.

The old saying was “Same Time, Same Channel” but for this speaker’s program we are changing Both. To accommodate our speaker, we will gather on a Thursday, May 11th at 7:00 pm, to hear about the history of the H. J. Heinz Company.

Event Date
May 11, 2017 - 7:00 pm

Trolley Tracks in the North Hills

Submitted by CTHS on September 07, 2017 - 10:56 pm

Please join us for the 2017 CTHS Fall Program on September 13, 2017 at 6:15 pm in Franklin Road Station next to the Library in the Cranberry Township Municipal Center at 2525 Rochester Road, Cranberry Township, PA 16066. This program is brought to you by the Cranberry Township Historical Society and the Cranberry Public Library.

Event Date
September 13, 2017 - 6:15 pm

Over the Decades at Moraine State Park

Submitted by CTHS on October 21, 2017 - 10:35 am

Exactly 21.5 miles north of Crider’s Corner in Cranberry Township sits a park that is a jewel to anyone who loves the outdoors. The distance to Cranberry Township was perfect to the goal of Maurice Goddard. In 1955, Maurice Goddard was Secretary of the Pennsylvania State Department of Forests and Waters, and his goal was to have a state park within twenty-five miles of every Pennsylvanian citizen. That area is now Moraine State Park, built in the Muddy Creek valley.

Event Date
October 29, 2017 - 2:00 pm
Event Location
Council Chambers
Cranberry Township Municipal Center
2525 Rochester Road
Cranberry Township, PA 16066

Marketing the Presidency

Submitted by CTHS on March 28, 2018 - 10:32 pm

A Speakers Program presented by the Cranberry Twp Historical Society/Cranberry Public Library

Presidential marketing is for the people’s attention but mainly for votes. The marketing is not just from the winners but all candidates dreaming of sitting in the Oval Office. Our Speaker, Steve Mihaley, has become a self-made expert on the items and products used to become President. Steve has been collecting presidential memorabilia for over 50 years. His personal collection has 20,000-25,000 different political items from Presidential campaigns from the past 150+ years. Many of...

Event Date
April 03, 2018 - 6:30 pm
Event Location
Franklin Station Meeting Room
Cranberry Township Municipal Center
2525 Rochester Road
Cranberry Township, PA 16066

Snippets of the 18th Century: French & Indian War and Colonial & Native Daily Life

Submitted by CTHS on April 30, 2018 - 10:11 am

Please join us for the 2018 CTHS Summer Program on Sunday May 6, 2018 at 2:00 pm in the Council Chambers of the Cranberry Township Municipal Center at 2525 Rochester Road, Cranberry Township, PA 16066.

Event Date
May 06, 2018 - 2:00 pm
Event Location
Council Chambers
Cranberry Township Municipal Center
2525 Rochester Road
Cranberry Township, PA 16066

Haunted Roads of Western Pennsylvania

Submitted by CTHS on October 03, 2018 - 1:01 pm

Join us as Thomas White will discuss the ghostly travelers who forever wander the lonely roads of Western Pennsylvania. Travel the backcountry roads and byways of Western Pennsylvania to discover ghost tales and mysterious legends. Seating is extremely limited and registration is required. To register, call the Library, 724-776-9100 x 1123 or online, https://bit.ly/2y7Lopn

Event Date
October 21, 2018 - 2:00 pm
Event Location
Council Chambers
Cranberry Township Municipal Center
2525 Rochester Road
Cranberry Township, PA 16066

First Ladies of Western Pennsylvania

Submitted by CTHS on October 31, 2018 - 12:29 am

Our last speaker’s program for 2018 is about important women in Western Pennsylvania, thus entitled First Ladies of Western Pennsylvania. For some reason, in current times, an important achievement by women is lauded as a great step for mankind, almost as if they never happen, like Halley’s Comet only occurring every 79 years, but in reality, women have been doing great things every day for 300 years in America and the same for Western PA. While behind the scenes nationally; John Adams and James Madison were mere statesmen without Abigail or Dolley.

Event Date
November 11, 2018 - 2:00 pm
Event Location
Council Chambers
Cranberry Township Municipal Center
2525 Rochester Road
Cranberry Township, PA 16066

George Washington Flopped Here!

Submitted by CTHS on March 27, 2019 - 10:16 pm

Please join us for the 2019 CTHS Spring Program on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 2:00 pm in the Franklin Station Meeting Room in the Cranberry Library at the Cranberry Township Municipal Center - 2525 Rochester Road, Cranberry Township, PA 16066.

Presented by the Cranberry Township Historical Society with the Cranberry Township Public Library.

Event Date
April 07, 2019 - 2:00 pm
Event Location
Franklin Road Meeting Room (North & South)
Cranberry Township Municipal Center
2525 Rochester Road
Cranberry Township, PA 16066

CTHS at Maker Faire

Submitted by CTHS on May 02, 2019 - 7:07 pm

The Cranberry Township Historical Society will have a display at Cranberry Township Maker Faire on Saturday, May 11, 2019, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The CTHS display will showcase various museum tech used in the displays at the Cranberry Township History Center.

Event Date
May 11, 2019 - 9:00 am
Event Location
Town Center
Cranberry Township Municipal Center
2525 Rochester Road
Cranberry Township, PA 16066

Abraham Lincoln, et al and Vampires: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Myths, Fabrications and Absurdities

Submitted by CTHS on May 13, 2019 - 9:18 pm

The full title of this program is: "Abraham Lincoln, Robert Redford, Bill O’Reilly, Chester Arthur and Vampires: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Myths, Fabrications and Absurdities"

Event Date
May 19, 2019 - 2:00 pm
Event Location
Council Chambers
Cranberry Township Municipal Center
2525 Rochester Road
Cranberry Township, PA 16066

Community Days 2019

Submitted by Roy Wagner on July 01, 2019 - 1:03 am

If you are heading to CTCC Community Days, be sure to stop by the CTHS booth at 25-27 Cranberry Park Road neighborhood. CTHS will be in the Cranberry Park Road neighborhood, which runs along Park Road from the Jaycees Shelter to Ernie Mashuda Drive. 25-27 is the same location on Park Road that we had last year.

Event Date
July 11, 2019 - 4:00 pm
Event Location
25-27 Park Road
Community Park
Cranberry Township, PA 16066

Why Pittsburgh – A Story of Innovation - Sunday November 3, 2019 - 2 pm

Submitted by CTHS on October 28, 2019 - 7:15 pm

Why Pittsburgh – A Story of Innovation
Fall General Membership Meeting & Program

Presented by the Cranberry Township Historical Society with the Cranberry Township Public Library

Please join us for the 2019 CTHS Fall Program on Sunday November 3, 2019 at 2:00 pm in the Council Chambers of the Cranberry Township Municipal Center - 2525 Rochester Road, Cranberry Township, PA 16066.

Event Date
November 03, 2019 - 2:00 pm
Event Location
Council Chambers
Cranberry Township Municipal Center
2525 Rochester Road
Cranberry Township, PA 16066

All Routes Lead North - Sunday November 17, 2019 - 2 pm

Submitted by CTHS on November 08, 2019 - 8:28 pm

All Routes Lead North
Winter General Membership Meeting & Program

Presented by the Cranberry Township Historical Society with the Cranberry Township Public Library

Please join us for the 2019 CTHS Winter Program on Sunday November 17, 2019 at 2:00 pm in the Council Chambers of the Cranberry Township Municipal Center - 2525 Rochester Road, Cranberry Township, PA 16066.

Event Date
November 17, 2019 - 2:00 pm
Event Location
Council Chambers
Cranberry Township Municipal Center
2525 Rochester Road
Cranberry Township, PA 16066

Hollywood & World War II in the Movies

Submitted by CTHS on November 03, 2021 - 2:55 pm

Even before America entered World War II, Hollywood found movies about the growing Nazi threat, box office gold. In the seven decades since December 7, 1941, Hollywood has churned out numerous War movies covering nearly all aspects of the War including the effect of the War on the home front, families, and the wounded. Eight of these movies won the Academy Award for best picture while others won Oscars for a variety of fields including best actor.

Event Date
November 07, 2021 - 2:00 pm
Event Location
Council Chambers
Cranberry Township Municipal Center
2525 Rochester Road
Cranberry Township, PA 16066

Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth

Submitted by CTHS on October 26, 2022 - 8:54 pm
Presented by the Cranberry Township Historical Society with the Cranberry Twp. Public Library in the Council Chambers of the Cranberry Township Municipal Building. How often do you quote phrases that make no sense when you think about them? Come hear speaker Steve Cicero tell the stories behind these odd little idioms. These sayings have been around for years and some are home spun, while others have a direct meaning. These talks are not a dime a dozen. Steve is a former history instructor in the Butler Area School District, so he has been around the block. A leopard can't change its spots, but you can. So, on November 13th, please join Steve and the Cranberry Township Historical Society and get down to brass tacks, and find the history of some of these sayings. There's more ways to skin a cat, but why would you want to? Therefore, join us on Sunday, November 13th at 2:00 pm in the Cranberry Township Municipal Center's Council Chambers. Please feel free to bring one or two of your favorite sayings, but make sure you can share the meaning with everyone. Together, we will all try very hard not to bark up the wrong tree. This is a free talk for all to attend, and if you say you can't make it, well that just won't cut the mustard.
Event Date
November 13, 2022 - 2:00 pm
Event Location
Council Chambers
Cranberry Township Municipal Center
2525 Rochester Road
Cranberry Township, PA 16066