The Bushy Run Battlefield and museum near Harrison City will have a new leader, a soon-to-be University of Pittsburgh graduate with a history degree who will oversee day-to-day operations at the Penn Township site of the 1763 battle between British and colonial soldiers and Native Americans. Elizabeth Staab, 22, of
Bill Heid can remember his father George Sr.’s George Heid Productions and seeing famous musicians like Billy Strayhorn, Henry Mancini and George Benson walk through its doors to record. “A lot of the Pittsburgh jazz greats recorded their first demo at my dad’s studio,” said Heid, who has been playing
A British victory in the 1763 Battle of Bushy Run helped prevent a takeover of Fort Pitt, the fortification that would grow into Pennsylvania’s major western city — Pittsburgh. Putting that historic event into context, the Bushy Run Battlefield site in Penn Township welcomed visitors on Sunday to learn how
Pennsylvania’s birthday, 341 years and counting, will be celebrated this weekend at the Bushy Run Battlefield, site of a crucial 1763 battle during Pontiac’s War along what is now Route 993 near Harrison City. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday , complementary guided tours of the museum and battlefield
Officials at Westmoreland Mall are preparing for a busy month after several events were scheduled at the Hempfield facility. In all, three events will take place throughout February, located in the mall’s center court. The events will kick off Saturday with the Boy Scout’s Pinewood Derby Championship. Participants are required