The Allegheny-Kiski Valley Historical Society is a non-profit, permanent institution whose primary mission is interpreting, preserving, and celebrating our cultural, industrial, and ethnic heritage of the Allegheny and Kiskiminetas river valleys in southwestern Pennsylvania, a region embracing th
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The Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association was established on March 17, 1980, as an educational and charitable organization. Allegheny Cemetery encompasses 300 acres with over 15 miles of roadways.
The Western Pennsylvania Museum Council is a non-profit consortium (formerly the Greater Pittsburgh Museum Council), established in 1984.
The Braddock's Field Historical Society is housed within the Braddock Carnegie Library (the first Carnegie Library built in the United States in 1889, second in the world after a Carnegie Library was built in Andrew Carnegie's hometown of Dunfermline, Scotland in 1881).
The land within a 20-mile radius of the sites of Dunbarís Camp and Jumonville Glen stands today as one of the richest in American history. Here, George Washington began the first true "world war " and fought his first battles.
Most Greene County residents and neighbors know this organization for the pets offered for adoption and perhaps for the requests for money (any government agency does not regularly fund them at any level).
Waynesburg University is a private, Christian, liberal arts college. It offers graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations and enrolls over 2,100 students, including about 1,300 undergraduates. The university emphasizes leadership and service in its students.
A multifaceted program, the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area's mission includes historic preservation, cultural conservation, education, recreation, and resource development. The Heritage Area has bills in Congress to create the Homestead Works National Park.
The Historical Society publishes a quarterly journal of history, Westmoreland History, and a monthly newsletter, Westmoreland Chronicle. It is governed by a policy-making Board of Directors. A paid, full-time Executive Director is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Society.
The Zelienople Historical Society maintains a museum in Passavant House of many of the original articles brought by Zelie. Growth. Early Zelienople commerce supported the local agriculture community as there was no viable means of transportation. In 1840 Zelienople was incorporated as a Borough.
The Westmoreland Trust, a non-profit corporation, has a proven track record of success in providing an enriched quality of life to the community it serves.
The Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation was incorporated as a nonprofit organization on December 14, 1971. This foundation was established to preserve a collection of the historical sites, records, and artifacts of Beaver County.
The Clarion County Historical Society was established in 1955 and chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1956 as a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, educational institution.
The purpose of establishing Crawford County Historical Society is to collect, preserve, and interpret the history of Crawford County.
This Society attempts to fill the historical and genealogical needs for all within a 35-mile radius that do not have a historical organization of their own. They presently own and maintain two cemeteries: Dravo in Elizabeth Township and Coulter in South Versailles Township.
Since its founding in 1875, Indiana University of Pennsylvania has progressed and evolved to match the changing needs of those it serves.
The rugged Allegheny Mountains, though scarcely noticed by today's high speed travelers, presented a formidable barrier to our eighteenth century ancestors.
The Vocal Group Hall of Fame Foundation was founded in January 1997 to honor the Greatest Vocal Groups of The World in every genre of music. Vocal Group Hall of Fame Museum and to promote their musical legacy worldwide while paying tribute to them as international music treasures.
Established in 1927, Butler County Historical Society's main goal was to preserve the history and culture of the county. Back in 1927 a group of locals of the county met to discuss what contiburtion they could make to portray the history of their society.
The Indiana County Historical & Genealogical Society in western PA serves a largely rural area noted for its forest and mineral resources and its scenic beauty.