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Old Economy Village

Old Economy Village 270 Sixteenth Street Ambridge, PA 15003 Tel.: 724-266-4500 URL: Old Economy Village     In 1804, the followers of the Separatist George Rapp (1757-1847) emigrated to America from Iptingen...

Google Doodle Celebrates America’s Workers On Labor Day 2018

Google Doodle did not take the day off Monday, when it hailed the American worker on Labor Day. It has been a federal holiday since...
Robert Ogoreuc

Shipwreck Diver Robert Ogoreuc Teaches At SRU

Students in Robert Ogoreuc's PE 349: Skin and Scuba Diving class are intent on mastering the basics of diving in the Slippery Rock University...
Ota Benga at the St. Louis World's Fair, 1904

Human Zoos: America’s Forgotten History Of Scientific Racism

If you have not already seen or ordered the new documentary Human Zoos, by John West, you should. You can watch the film now...

SRU To Celebrate Women’s History Month

March is Women’s History Month and Slippery Rock University is marking the occasion with a number of special events. SRU’s The Women’s Center hosts multiple...

March 30, 1968: Kidnapping, Murder & Rape

Today, 50 years ago, the body of Kenneth M. Frick, a Slippery Rock College student abducted along with another man and two coeds, is...

Harlansburg Station Transportation Museum

Harlansburg Station Transportation Museum 424 Old Route 19 New Castle, PA 16101-8436 Tel.: 724-652-9002 URL: Harlansburg Station Transportation Museum     This is a story on the creation of one man's dream, his...

† Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Happy Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick")! This cultural and religious...

July Morning

There I was on a July morning Looking for love... Uriah Heep https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grSWdLdp7po  

I Have A Dream

As we celebrate the life and achievements of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. today, let us remember the speech, which delivered on August...