LBHS Events Calendar
Open LBHS Forge & Foundry
The Little Beaver Historical Society forge and foundry will be open for demonstrations.
Facebook: LBHS Forge and Foundry
Open Museum Hours
The Little Beaver Historical Society will be open to visitors on select dates:
- July 9, 2022 (10am – 4pm) – Featuring military displays. In Greersburg Academy see our Civil War 100th Pa Volunteers (The Roundheads) display and our scale model of Legionville (the first US Army training camp after the Revolutionary War). In the Red Brick museum see our large WWI display and artifacts from WWII to the Gulf War.
- August 20, 2022 (10am – 4pm) – Featuring displays and information related to education. The LBHS Forge & Foundry will be open.
- September 10, 2022 (10am – 4pm) – Featuring displays and information related to local Native American history.
- October 8, 2022 (10am – 4pm)
Open Museum Hours
The Little Beaver Historical Society will be open to visitors on select dates:
- July 9, 2022 (10am – 4pm) – Featuring military displays. In Greersburg Academy see our Civil War 100th Pa Volunteers (The Roundheads) display and our scale model of Legionville (the first US Army training camp after the Revolutionary War). In the Red Brick museum see our large WWI display and artifacts from WWII to the Gulf War.
- August 20, 2022 (10am – 4pm) – Featuring displays and information related to education. The LBHS Forge & Foundry will be open.
- September 10, 2022 (10am – 4pm) – Featuring displays and information related to local Native American history.
- October 8, 2022 (10am – 4pm)
Open Museum Hours
The Little Beaver Historical Society will be open to visitors on select dates:
- July 9, 2022 (10am – 4pm) – Featuring military displays. In Greersburg Academy see our Civil War 100th Pa Volunteers (The Roundheads) display and our scale model of Legionville (the first US Army training camp after the Revolutionary War). In the Red Brick museum see our large WWI display and artifacts from WWII to the Gulf War.
- August 20, 2022 (10am – 4pm) – Featuring displays and information related to education. The LBHS Forge & Foundry will be open.
- September 10, 2022 (10am – 4pm) – Featuring displays and information related to local Native American history.
- October 8, 2022 (10am – 4pm)
Guest Speaker: Brady Crytzer
Frontier Beaver County, Native American Leader Tanacharison, and Fort McIntosh
Brady J. Crytzer teaches history at Robert Morris University. A specialist in the Imperial History of North America, Crytzer is the host of the weekly hit podcast Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution. With over a million downloads and seven books to his credit, Crytzer is a leading voice in his field. Crytzer is the host of the cable series Battlefield Pennsylvania on the Pennsylvania Cable Network, and the winner of the Donna J. McKee and Donald S. Kelly Awards for Outstanding Scholarship and Service in History. His work has been featured in the Journal of the American Revolution, Pennsylvania Heritage, Game News, and Muzzleloader Magazine. His work has been reviewed in Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, The Journal of Southern History, The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, and The Journal of Military History.
While planning your trip to this event, stop by the Little Beaver Historical Society and explore the local history of northern Beaver County and surrounding region. Learn about our open museum dates and times, or make an appointment to visit the museum.
Ridings Family Holiday Train Display
McCarl Industrial and Agricultural Museum of Beaver County
Come visit the famous Ridings Family Holiday Train Display at the McCarl Industrial Museum. There will be multiple trains running through many lighted buildings, holiday movies showing for the kids, and cookies and candy.
Display will run every weekend from the weekend following Thanksgiving till the last weekend in December.
- Saturday – November 26, 11am-4pm
- Sunday – November 27, 12pm-4pm
- Saturday – December 3, 11am-4pm
- Sunday – December 4, 12pm-4pm
- Saturday – December 10, 11am-4pm
- Sunday – December 11, 12pm-4pm
- Saturday – December 17, 11am-4pm
- Sunday – December 18, 12pm-4pm
- Saturday – December 24, 11am-4pm
- Saturday – December 31, 11am-4pm
Ridings Family Holiday Train Display
McCarl Industrial and Agricultural Museum of Beaver County
Come visit the famous Ridings Family Holiday Train Display at the McCarl Industrial Museum. There will be multiple trains running through many lighted buildings, holiday movies showing for the kids, and cookies and candy.
Display will run every weekend from the weekend following Thanksgiving till the last weekend in December.
- Saturday – November 26, 11am-4pm
- Sunday – November 27, 12pm-4pm
- Saturday – December 3, 11am-4pm
- Sunday – December 4, 12pm-4pm
- Saturday – December 10, 11am-4pm
- Sunday – December 11, 12pm-4pm
- Saturday – December 17, 11am-4pm
- Sunday – December 18, 12pm-4pm
- Saturday – December 24, 11am-4pm
- Saturday – December 31, 11am-4pm
Ridings Family Holiday Train Display
McCarl Industrial and Agricultural Museum of Beaver County
Come visit the famous Ridings Family Holiday Train Display at the McCarl Industrial Museum. There will be multiple trains running through many lighted buildings, holiday movies showing for the kids, and cookies and candy.
Display will run every weekend from the weekend following Thanksgiving till the last weekend in December.
- Saturday – November 26, 11am-4pm
- Sunday – November 27, 12pm-4pm
- Saturday – December 3, 11am-4pm
- Sunday – December 4, 12pm-4pm
- Saturday – December 10, 11am-4pm
- Sunday – December 11, 12pm-4pm
- Saturday – December 17, 11am-4pm
- Sunday – December 18, 12pm-4pm
- Saturday – December 24, 11am-4pm
- Saturday – December 31, 11am-4pm
Santa at the Log Cabin
- December 3, 2022, 1-4pm
- December 10, 2022, 1-4pm
Come visit Santa in LBHS’s historic McCoy Log Cabin, located on Route 168 behind the Little Beaver Museum. Santa will be waiting beside a crackling fireplace. This is a fun and wonderful opportunity for family photos of the kids.
Our log cabin was built in Ohio around 1812. It demonstrates what early frontier life was like in the region during the 19th century.