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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... Read More
International Women’s Day
Surely everyone is aware by now that 100 years ago on August 26 the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote was ratified. The U.S. has celebrated International Women’s...... Read More
Fairview’s First Music Teacher, Earl E. Lawrence
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
Winter at the Museum
The door at the bottom of the stairs creaks open. “Someone there?” she calls out. She’s been there alone for most of the afternoon and now that the shadows are...... Read More
Home for the Holidays
This is a repeat of one of the favorite posts at this time of year…… Of all the seasons, Christmastime is among the most sentimental. Childhood memories come flooding...... Read More
Wreaths and Open House
As stated under “Events,” two more JES lectures are schedule between now and the first full weekend of December. During that time we are still taking orders for the wonderful...... Read More