History of Butler County, Pennsylvania

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Nearly all of the arable. Soils in the county are de rived from what the geologists call the barren meas ure rocks. The streams cut down into the lower coals, but the hillsides are generally so steep and rough that ...