ELLWOOD CITY ― One by one they took their turn at bat Aug. 25. The mayor, a state legislator, local historical society officials and an esteemed baseball researcher stood at the podium on the grass ...

ELLWOOD CITY ― Friday is Hack Wilson Day, a time to honor an Ellwood City native Hall-of-Famer who slugged his way into Cooperstown with his prodigious power hitting. At 11 a.m. at the Lincoln High ...

Aug. 11—A ceremony will be held this month for an Ellwood City legend and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer receiving a state historical marker in his honor. The Ellwood City Area Historical Society ...

Wilson is a Hall of Famer who spent 12 years in the big leagues with the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies. He was a .307 lifetime hitter with 244 home runs. He ...

Squat little Outfielder Lewis Robert (“Hack”) Wilson, with the smallest feet and the dirtiest uniform in baseball, got his first big league job with the New York Giants in 1923. When his hitting ...

Hack was born June 9, 1936 in Iowa City, Iowa and died September 15, 2012 in Tucson. Beloved husband of Maria "Maggie" Wilson; devoted father of Tamra Bowman and Tracey Lefczik; dear brother of ...

Editor's Note: Our Towns is a series looking at the people and places that are part of the communities of Beaver County, many of which often don't get a lot of attention from those outside their ...