Gettysburg Bus Tour

Join us for a tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield with award-winning historian Brad Pflugh on June 9-11, 2023! Your ticket secures your tour bus seat for the roundtrip trip from Butler to Gettysburg; two Saturday tours of the Battlefield; and a Sunday tour of the Eisenhower Farm. We have a

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COVID-19: Butler’s Story

The Butler County Historical Society is collecting and preserving the experiences of Butler County’s communities with the Coronavirus Pandemic. When we examine the Influenza Epidemic of 1918 we find a plethora of medical records, but few glimpses into what the crisis meant on a personal level. This project, titled COVID-19: Butler’s

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Potter Baseball Tour at Cooper Cabin

Three cheers for the extraordinary people who descended on Cooper Cabin and spent two full days (July 5th & 7th) painting picnic tables, gardening, cleaning, and fixing up our signage! The young men of the Potter Baseball Tour, assisted by BCHS Board member Joyce Rauschenberger gave their time, energy, and

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