Bruin’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Bruin. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Among the early immigrants who settled in the area soon after the close of the Revolutionary War, were a number of north of Ireland families. In 1796, when the settlement of this section of Butler County began, several of these families migrated here, becoming the pioneers of the township. Among those said to have arrived in that year, embracing these north of Ireland families, were a few Germans and a number of native-born Pennsylvanians.
The land was first laid out and surveyed by John Martin in 1837 and was known as Martinsburg, then part of Parker Township. The name was later changed to Bruin. In 1841 Robert Black opened a store near Fletcher's Mill and soon afterward Archibald Martin opened a hotel.
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Start Bruin’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bruin’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewBruin-lagoon-drilling: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Bruin, decade by decade
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Nothing in Bruin is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bruin has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Stephen's Church in Bradys Bend, 6.5 miles away.
Bruin and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Bruin-lagoon-drilling and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.