Butler Authors ~

Bob Hazy 

BHS '82

Bob Hazy is a writer inspired by the works of Melville, Steinbeck, Hemingway, and Dostoevsky. He studied literature at Yale University earning a BA and also holds a MS in computer science from Stevens. Although Bob built a career in information technology leadership and is currently an independent consultant, his real love is writing and painting Click here. He lives in the foothills of the Sierra in Northern California with his son, Nathan, and their dog, Gus.

Congratulations, Bob, on your recently published book: 

McGhee in the Gloaming

Time Capsule ~ BHS '76

[Click] A newspaper article about Butler and BHS '76

by: Matt Viser

1 September 2016

Scrap-iron for Victory ~

1944

Boys collecting scrap-iron, doing their part in the War Effort. 

Photo: Butler Art Center
Project

Alhambra Hotel ~

Nov. 17, 1975

Smoke continued to billow from the Alhambra Hotel - corner of Cunningham and Pillow Streets - at dawn as fireman from the Butler City Fire Department poured thousands of gallons of water into the 65-year-old building. Sixty-year-old Robert Walker died in the fire.

from: The Butler Eagle

Butler's Howard Johnson's ~

This plush restaurant 
was at the corner of North Main and Fulton Streets.