Today, March 8, 2022, a funeral service is being held for John Klier. John was the society’s “go-to” guy for historical information. He almost always knew the answer, and if......Read More
Recently a visitor to the Sturgeon House donated several issues of the Community News. These included the very first issue, dated November 15, 1921. The visitor explained that the News......Read More
Last week one of our lifetime members donated two yearbooks to the Society: 1923 and 1945. The earlier book is much smaller, with fewer students in the graduating class and......Read More
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......Read More
February is Black History Month and Fairview has a very proud claim to one of the outstanding members of Erie’s Black Community. Earl Emerson Lawrence was one of four children......Read More
A recent gift to the Historical Society was an autograph book that belonged to a young Fairview girl who graduated in 1929. How sweet some of the sentiments were –......Read More
For those folks currently caught up in the “March Madness,” here’s a little basketball story from Fairview. The joint borough and township high school was built on Chestnut Str...Read More
This business, listed in the Commencement booklet, was conducted by the seniors. Back in 1926 one of the rites of passage for seniors was a class trip to Washington, D.C. ......Read More
The recent post showing the freshmen class (a guess was 1935, but in fact, it was the class of 1938) prompted some responses. We are pleased to show a group......Read More
Recently members of the Edinboro Area Historical Society sent photos of schools and students that were not related to them, but to FAHS! All the historical societies in the county......Read More
With Halloween so near some may recall tales of early tricksters, such as those borough boys who loved the cows, the school and Perry Ferguson as targets. The township boys......Read More