Author: Fairview Area Historical Society
What’s Happening Outside the Sturgeon House?
Anyone driving by the Sturgeon House on Sunday afternoon, June 14, might have seen some interesting goings-on. Two people, Jackie and Ted, were there to run their metal detectors over the lawn a... Read More
The Sturgeon House Calls Out
Just like everywhere else, the Sturgeon House is calling out for visitors. We recall how fine it was to have visitors and to have those visitors appreciate the purpose of our building – th... Read More
Fairview in 1940
The summer of 1940 in Fairview was almost dream-like. A sense prevailed that the economy was getting better following a decade of Depression, but abroad, news was ominous of a country that was r... Read More
No Ordinary Year
“No Ordinary Year” is the title of the Memorial Weekend Exhibit at the Sturgeon House. It will be in place all summer for anyone wishing to view it. Memorial Weekend activities have be... Read More
FAIRVIEW’S SOUTH HIGH
As the school year comes to an end we are reminded of all the activities that should be happening in this season. We commiserate with those graduating seniors who will not experience the excitem... Read More
Another Historic Date!
Today is May 1, 2020. It is another historic day… One-hundred and five years ago, a Saturday, three ocean liners were moored along the New York Piers, waiting to depart for various countr... Read More
It’s April Again!
The month of April is fraught, yes, fraught with dates that are important to the U.S. ‘Way back in 1861 the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor and the most divisive event i... Read More
Elizabeth Canon Eaton
Surely every woman in Fairview Township is extraordinary in some way. But, on this, the last day of Women in History Month, it is important to acknowledge one of the early women to settle in the towns... Read More
Another Woman to Celebrate This Month…
It is obvious to the members of the Fairview Area Historical Society that every woman who grew up in Fairview (Township or former Borough) was special and worthy of mention during this Women’s Histo... Read More