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North Fork Chapter Meeting -- No April Meeting
Location: The Jefferson County History Center is located at 172-176 Main Street in Brookville. The Chapter meetings will be held on the 2nd floor education  room of the Jefferson County History Center. The meeting and program is free and open to the Public.   Parking is available at the rear of the building.  Please use the metal ramp at the rear entrance directly to the second floor. 
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Allegheny Chapter Meeting -- Tue. May 6, at 7:30 pm
Location: Kresge Theater, Grace Library Building, Carlow College, 3333 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (Oakland).
Program: Benjamin G. Scharff, Adjunct Professor of History, Community College of Allegheny County, Robert Morris University, will present "Small Arms of the Forbes Expedition: A Historical and Archaeological View."  In 1758, Great Britain launched its final and successful attempt to seize the Forks of the Ohio from the French in present-day Pittsburgh.  Prime Minister William Pitt entrusted General John Forbes with the expedition.  Forbes, however, found it difficult to arm the nearly seven thousand regulars, provincials, and Native Americans.  Using historical accounts and the available archaeological evidence, this presentation attempts to discover exactly how Forbes accomplished this task.

Ohio Valley Chapter Meeting -- Wed. May 14, at 7:00 pm
Location: Butler Area Public Library, 281 N. McKean Street, Butler PA, in the basement meeting room.
Program:  Jason Espino, President, Allegheny Chapter, will present the program on "Far From Home, Southern Traits on a Northern Vessel: A Check-stamped Pot from a Venango County Rock Shelter." Recent analysis of a private collection from Frenchcreek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania has shed some light into the prehistoric occupation of Little Sandy Creek valley.  Little Sandy Creek is a tributary of Sandy Creek within the upper Allegheny River watershed.  The private collection contained artifacts from six sites, four of which represent open air loci of undetermined size and two of which are rock shelters.  The diagnostic artifacts, including both projectile points and ceramics, indicate that the valley was occupied initially during the Paleoindian period, and its use persisted until the Late Woodland/Late Prehistoric period.  For more information contact Amanda Valko at  AVALKO@mbakercorp.com or phone durnig the day 412-269-7959.

Westmoreland Chapter Meeting -- Wed. Apr. 16, at 7:00 pm
Location: Unity Township Municipal Building located about 0.2 miles north of route 30 at the Beatty crossroads, on  Beatty  Co Road. Look for the Kawasaki dealership at the cross-roads.  The intersection is about midway between Latrobe and Greensburg on U.S. Route 30.
Guest Speaker: Eileen Stoner,  local authority on wild, edible plants.

Somerset Chapter Meeting -- No February Meeting
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