Monthly Archives: August 2013

Join the Erie County Historical Society on Thursday, September 26, for a walk through 10 beautiful buildings in Downtown Erie. Tickets are just $10 and can be purchased by calling (814) 454.1813. The buildings will be open from 6-9pm and … Continue reading →

Joseph Laythe, Professor of History at Edinboro University, recently published Engendered Death: Pennsylvania Women Who Kill (Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University Press, 2012). What makes this work particularly unique is its combination of both scholarly analysis and narrative case studies. As … Continue reading →

Congratulations Hornby School! In June the Ronald McDonald House Charity of Erie awarded the Hornby School Restoration Society an $8,000 grant for construction of a covered picnic pavilion which the one-room school museum plans to use as an outdoor classroom. … Continue reading →

STEAM RETURNS TO THE LAKE SHORE LINE on Saturday, August 17 and Sunday, August 18, 2013 at the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, PA when the Viscose Company #6, a 30 ton 1924 Baldwin 0-4-0 tank steam locomotive, … Continue reading →

Sunday, August 4th is the Edinboro Area Historical Society’s Annual Blueberry Social, so be sure to mark it on your calendar. On Saturday morning, a crew of volunteers will set up the “big white tent” on the lawn of the … Continue reading →

In celebration of their 125th-anniversary, the Erie Times-News is proud to present a unique celebration of our community’s history. Erie Memories is a keepsake book which will feature extraordinary images from the late 1800s through today from the community and … Continue reading →