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The Pennsylvania links featured below are sponsors for this site.Butler County is just north of Pittsburg and offers an alternate place to stay if you are visiting the city Butler, the county seat, was settled in 1793 by John and Samuel Cunningham. The town is especially recognized as birthplace of the Jeep, built by the American Bantam Car Company in 1940. Nearby water-based recreation areas include the Clarion and Allegheny Rivers, Moraine State Park's Lake Arthur, (great birding, by the way!), and the 300-acre Curwensville Dam. Beginning in the Spring, Butler County offers canoeing, sailing, power boating, hiking, live theatre, horseback riding, waterslides, camping, craft fairs, and flea markets, some of which feature over 400 vendors. In the Winter, sleigh rides, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, ice fishing, and Christmas specialty shops are just some of the adventures awaiting your arrival. For more information be sure to visit the
Butler County Tourism and Convention Bureau.