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How do they do it?: Recreating and Maintaining a Prehistoric Indian Village
From approximately 1050 to 1650, the Monongahela Indians sought out suitable ridges, saddles, and knobs among the Upper Ohio and Monongahela River drainages to establish their villages. Never the site...
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Albert Miller: Renaissance Man
Born June 20, 1911, Albert Miller was a farmer, naturalist, avid outdoorsman, and local historian. As an amateur archaeologist, he made the discovery of the Meadowcroft Rockshelter in Avella,...
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Transportation Through Time
Western Pennsylvania’s Trails to Trains The new Trails to Trains exhibit at Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village transports visitors through time, exploring the evolution of transportation in...
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Vintage Base Ball at Meadowcroft
The great pastime of American baseball has a long history. With apologies to Abner Doubleday, the game actually evolved from earlier games such as cricket and rounders. The rules of base ball (spelled...
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The Vultures of Meadowcroft
Let’s be honest. Do you have a positive response when you hear the word vulture? Among the nearly 10,000 species of living birds, vultures may have the biggest need for a good public relations...
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It’s Not Your Average Weekend
Demonstrator Dana Knezevich shows visitors how to process plants into fibers for cordage. Participants are set, additional overflow parking lots are ready, and final preparations are being made –...
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The Miller One-Room School House
Miller School at its current location at Meadowcroft, 2015. In 1834, Pennsylvania passed “An act to establish a general system of education by common schools.” This law designated each county a school...
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Meadowcroft’s Own Groundhog Day
Albert Miller and Dr. Adovasio at the Meadowcroft Rockshelter. Today, Nov. 12, marks 60 years to the day since Meadowcroft’s founder, Albert Miller, first peered into prehistory through a groundhog...
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Wheat in Washington County
Aug. 12, 1947: Miller photographed Dean Fullerton holding a sheaf of wheat waiting to be threshed. Photo Albert Miller Photographs, Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, Heinz History Center....
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