Richland History Group – – Allegheny County, PA
Website for the Richland History Group located in Richland Township, Allegheny County Pennsylvania
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THE BIDDLE BOYS AND KATE SOFFEL
THE RICHLAND HISTORY GROUP PRESENTS A FREE PROGRAM: SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2024, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm “THE NOTORIOUS BIDDLE BOYS’ & KATE SOFFEL’S 1902 INFAMOUS ESCAPADE, WITH DETAILS OF THEIR ESCAPE OUT OF THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY PITTSBURGH JAIL, SLEIGH THEFT, TRAVELS NORTH THROUGH BAKERSTOWN & BREAKFAST AT SNYDER’S COOPERSTOWN HOTEL IN MIDDLESEX TOWNSHIP, TO…
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DECEMBER 9, 2023 UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN NORTHERN ALLEGHENY COUNTY PROGRAM
The Richland History Group held a very successful (according to those attending) and well-attended speaker program Saturday morning, December 9, at the Northern Tier Regional Library in Gibsonia. RHG President, Paul R. White’s presentation was entitled “The Underground Railroad in Northern Allegheny County (The Route 8 Corridor)” He presented 71 slides, detailing the history of, and…
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RICHLAND HISTORY GROUP OCT. 25, 2023 PRESENTATION TO FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BAKERSTOWN
On Oct. 25, 2023 Acting Richland History Group President , Paul White, made a one-hour presentation to 45 attendees at the First Presbyterian Church of Bakerstown’s women’s Miriam Circle monthly luncheon. The presentation with 62 slides covered the history of Richland Township/Bakerstown with a concentration on mid-19th century Underground Railroad stations in the area. Those…
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RICHLAND’S 425 YEAR OLD RESIDENT
PENN TREE–RICHLAND’S TREASURE The oldest resident In Allegheny County’s Richland Township is probably 425 years old! In 1598 (when it likely took root), the township was designated hunting ground for the Iroquois Nation and subsequently for Delaware Indians in the 18th century. Little did Native American hunters who walked by that white oak sapling know…
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LAFAYETTE IN RICHLAND TOWNSHIP 1825-PART 1
Part 1 of 2 in a Richland History Group series about Lafayette’s role in helping America create its democracy during the Revolutionary War and chronicling the Western Pennsylvania portion of his 16-month tour of America. It was June 1, 1825. Not much had happened in “downtown” Bakerstown since its official founding and naming as Charlestown…
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LAFAYETTE IN RICHLAND TOWNSHIP-PART 2
Part 2 of 2 in a Richland History Group series about Lafayette’s role in helping America create its democracy during the Revolutionary War and chronicling the Western Pennsylvania Portion of his 16-month tour of America. On May 30, 1825, American Revolutionary War General Marquis de Lafayette, his son Georges Washington de Lafayette, and their entourage…
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“HIGHWAY TO HISTORY – ROUTE 8” PROGRAM ON 5/10/2023
Join us at 6:00PM on May 10th at the First Presbyterian Church of Bakerstown located at 5825 Heckert Road, Bakerstown, PA 15007 for a program on the local history of Route 8. See program details on the flyer below for more information.
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VIDEO OF RHG’s FEBRUARY 11, 2023 “UNDERGROUND RAILROAD & HISTORIC BLACK PITTSBURGH SPEAKER PROGRAM”
National Anthem; Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh’s Welcome; Carol Kunz–UG RR; Dr. Laurence Glasco, University of Pittsburgh Associate Professor–Historic Black Pittsburgh; Paul White–UG RR “stations” in northern Hampton and Richland Townships.
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February 11, 2023 RHG “Underground RR & Black Historic Pittsburgh Speakers Program”
The RHG held a very successful UG RR & Black Historic Pittsburgh Program at the Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh’s monastery in Bakerstown, PA on Feb. 11, 2023. A total of approximately 135 attended the program, which included a tour of the sisters’ 1831 Brickell House, a “station” on the mid-19th century Underground Railroad, which helped…
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MAY 10, 2023 RHG SPEAKER PROGRAM
The RHG will sponsor a free-to-the-public Wednesday, May 10 evening speakers program addressing the history of the numerous Pittsburgh to Butler roads (Route 8 today) at the Northern Tier Regional Library in Gibsonia, PA. More detail to follow.
Richland History Group - - Allegheny County, PA 